“Samuel Etoo, I was poor when I met my rich wife. When I met my wife, I was still an amateur footballer in France. Nantes refused to take me, but my wife always believed in me. I had my little Cameroonian accent; she was in charge of a hairdresser in Nantes.

Today, she is the wife of the most titled footballer on the African continent, and I am the husband of the most patient woman in the world. Life is not a speed race but a cross-country race”.

Moral of the story: Invest in your relationship; tomorrow is a surprise.