N'Golo Kante

For two or three years I played on the wing, when I went to Boulogne in 2011, I started playing in the middle as a central midfielder.

I am at Chelsea and I still have aims here, what is said elsewhere is not important.

I am lucky to get the ­opportunity to play for France and that alone is a huge motivation for me, whenever I go on the pitch.

The Premier League is a competition that suits me, which is perhaps more praise to myself. It's more direct, more rhythmic than Ligue 1.

When you play cards and find yourself in a tricky situation, you'll use some little strategies - and that is what I have done from time to time. That is why my national teammates have called me a cheat. They are not completely right, as I am not the only person to have done it. But they are not wrong either.

I've seen new experiences and new challenges every year. I take them step by step.

It is my club, I am a Chelsea player.

We have some great players at Chelsea and the most important is the goal to win.

Win, win, win. We will fight for everything.

I got my qualification in accountancy, but now I prefer to concentrate on football.

I play football and I want to be considered as a footballer.

We are lucky to be playing football for a living. For me, this is what I have always wanted to do.

Whatever you did in the past is quickly forgotten.

At first, I was playing in front of 10 people in a park, then 1,000, then 10,000, then 80,000 and you are on television. I have done it step by step, so it is not a problem. There is no lack of confidence to be on the field, in front of many, many people.

I have always been discreet in my life.

I am not a superstar or an ego. I am just the same as I always was: Someone who plays football.

My favorite thing is when we lift a trophy. Afterward, we can have a picture of us lifting a trophy. And that picture shows a lot of work, a lot of difficulty and a lot of sacrifice together.

I am how I am. I cannot explain it well, but I don't feel the nicest person, on the football pitch or in life, I'm just myself.

Ask me about my football, and not too much else. I just want to be a player among the players.

I don't want people paying too much attention about what I am outside of football, what I'm doing, and asking: 'Who is N'Golo?'

It is good to win awards but the most important is to win together.

It's good for me to stay at Chelsea.

I am happy to make my debut in the Champions League.

To win the World Cup in our colours was beyond my dreams and something I will never, ever forget.

To represent one's own country is one of the biggest achievements a footballer can get.

I have worked with different managers in the past and different systems.

When I arrived at Chelsea, I was at Leicester and I had just won my first title with a club.

When we have to defend, I just try to recover the ball for the team because it's important, but I always try to go forward when we have the ball.

To be honest, it was only when I was first in the French Ligue 1 that my manager and other people started to say, 'Okay, N'Golo recovers a lot of balls.' Before that, I didn't consider it to be my job in the team.

When I first went into the senior game I was more of an attaching player to begin with.