George Weah
George Weah
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah is a Liberian humanitarian, politician, and retired footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time, and as one of the best forwards of his generation, in 1995 he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or, becoming the first African player to win these awards. In 1989, 1994 and 1995 he was named the African Footballer of the Year, and...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth1 October 1966
CityMonrovia, Liberia
country believe rights
The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country. That is the only way Liberia will ever become the kind of country it was supposed to be.
football taken opportunity
Football has been good to me. Everyone has their destiny, but you have to make use of the opportunities. I have spent 15 years at the top of my game. It makes me happy. I love the game. I love scoring goals. But I have always taken it seriously. It is not what the game gives you, it is what you give it.
christmas father grandmother
My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas.
fighting causes noble
My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it.
law government boots
My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.
people care take-care
Once you take care of people, people respect you.
pedals process ifs
Education is a continual process, it's like a bicycle... If you don't pedal you don't go forward.
people president wells
They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.
peace eye names
I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.