Hard work does not guarantee success, but no work guarantees failure.
If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me.
Apart from Arsenal and Barcelona, I don't see myself playing anywhere else. I will definitely be going back (to Arsenal) whenever I have time to watch games and to see the guys… and if there is one place to go back to (to play), it is Arsenal for sure.
You have to fight for your dream, but you also have to feel fortunate for what you have.
What makes a good captain is someone that can lead and someone who dies for their team.
If one day I have to leave Barcelona, probably the first thing I will look into is Arsenal
I think you have to be grateful to those who have helped you.
I've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more injuries. Everything has been less continuous and it has cost me more progress. Continuity is what got me where I am.
I do feel that I have unfinished business in the Premier League and now is the right time to return. I considered all the other offers very carefully and I firmly believe that Chelsea is the best choice. They match my footballing ambitions with their hunger and desire to win trophies.
Messi is the best in the world. Cristiano is a goalscorer. Messi is more taltented, more complete, tactically and footballwise. Cristiano isn't doing those runs anymore like at United. Messi takes more part in the game, I'd always prefer him in my team.
If one day I leave Arsenal, I will never sign for another English team. Quite sure.
If I could reincarnate as another player, I might want to reincarnate as Thierry Henry at the top of his game.
Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol
Once a gunner, always a gunner
My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well.
He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him - but it is not going to be easy.
I am really proud to HAVE been an Arsenal player.
Carles Puyol is a Barcelona legend. He could have been playing every two weeks but he has shown dignity until the end.
Did you used to play for Barcelona? Because that's not Barcelona football.
I am an Arsenal player and I don't think about anything else. I'm not going to say no to anybody, nor am I going to say yes to anybody. I did not say that I was going to leave Arsenal to go to Barcelona, because equally Barcelona doesn't want me.
I want to play for Arsenal. When you see football all around the world you see very few teams who play the way that we play. I just enjoy it. I feel it is my home now.
