Da han reflekterede på sin rejse gennem kontinenter og sin beslutning om at blive MMA-kæmpere, sagde Ngannou:<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/once-homeless-on-the-streets-of-paris-francis-ngannou-on-the-verge-of-making-his-dream-come-true-195847882.html|title=Once homeless on the streets of Paris, Francis Ngannou on the verge of making his dream come true|language=en-US|access-date=28. januar 2017|archive-date=28. januar 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128082017/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/once-homeless-on-the-streets-of-paris-francis-ngannou-on-the-verge-of-making-his-dream-come-true-195847882.html|url-status=ok}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/?p=203372 |title=From homeless to UFC contender, UFC on FOX 20's Francis Ngannou recounts his journey |publisher=MMAjunkie |date=22. juli 2016 |accessdate=10. september 2016 |archive-date=20. september 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920124315/http://mmajunkie.com/?p=203372 |url-status=ok }}</ref>{{Citat|When I started, I had nothing. Nothing. I needed everything. But when you start [to earn money], you starting collecting things: I want this, I want this, I want that. The purpose is not collecting things, though. The purpose is to do something great. Finish the dream you started.
I want to help my family, first, of course, but then I want to give opportunity to children in my country like me who have a dream to become a doctor or something. If I reach my dream, it will give me the opportunity to help those in my country who have their own dreams and nothing else to fulfill them.
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