The mentality of coaches and players alike [in Bundesliga]. It's all about winning.

The mentality of coaches and players alike [in Bundesliga]. It's all about winning.

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

Last season I scored 27 goals but still lost out against Robert Lewandowski. This season has started very well for me, but again I have some tough opponents, most notably with Anthony Modeste from FC Koln. I texted him the other day: "Keep calm, my friend." I am happy for him to be so successful. And in a certain way it even helps me. The better the other strikers are, the more I have to work to be to be ahead of them.

Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o, two fantastic African footballers. So successful. And very nice characters as well. I got the luck to know them personally. They helped me a lot.

Achieving Champions League football is the minimum requirement and always the most important thing for [Dortmund Borussia] club. Beyond that, we want to win a trophy. Maybe the German Cup, because we've reached the last three finals, but haven't won one, so that's a big motivation for us.

Speed is a part of me. I think I was born with that, and nowadays a fast player, I need a fast car, too.