I try to stay as young as these rookies are.It feels a bit strange not to be anymore the youngster I used to be. But I'm okay with it. Mostly, I enjoy being on the pitch with so many talented players around me.

My mother used to have a shop in which she offered very colorful clothes. I liked that from my early days on.

I've played in France. There, in many matches everybody is already happy if he can secure a point. Here, in Germany? Forget it! Everybody wants to win. The last-placed team in the standings would take any match with the ambition to win it. That makes it so hard, even for the best teams in the league.

[ Won the 2015 African Player of the Year]meant everything to me. It was the first time a footballer from Gabon was elected Africa's Footballer of the Year. Even for the Bundesliga, it was something no African player had ever achieved. It still makes me incredibly proud and the happiest person on the planet.

I have a passion for fast cars. To drive them means pure joy to me.

[Didier] Drogba sent me a text message after I won the African Player of the Year award. It made me very happy.

First and foremost, we have to focus on what we're doing and not worry about what Bayern - or any other clubs - are doing.