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.

Carles Puyol is a Barcelona legend. He could have been playing every two weeks but he has shown dignity until the end.

Hard work does not guarantee success, but no work guarantees failure.

Once a gunner, always a gunner

If I could reincarnate as another player, I might want to reincarnate as Thierry Henry at the top of his game.

If one day I leave Arsenal, I will never sign for another English team. Quite sure.

If one day I have to leave Barcelona, probably the first thing I will look into is Arsenal