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.

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.

I think you have to be grateful to those who have helped you.

You have to fight for your dream, but you also have to feel fortunate for what you have.

Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol

Once a gunner, always a gunner

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