Saying goodbye to close ones is always the hardest.

For every striker, it's important to have some crosses. Sometimes they come, sometimes not.

Everyone expects goals, and I want to score them, but most of all, I want to contribute to a successful team.

My motto has always been, 'Never give up.'

Of course, there is no greater honour than to captain your own country.

I try to do my best in every game to help the team.

I will continue to be a big fan of Manchester City, to whom I wish all the best and many more trophies and happiness in the future.

I think the No. 9 will always be in football. You need the proper No. 9s in football; that's my opinion.

I am not a player who stays on the edge of the box and waits for a chance.

I want to do more and more; it provides me with an incentive.

If we start the season with negative thinking, we'd never win anything.

Of course we all dream about doing big, playing for big clubs, but I wanted to play football because of the love for the game.

War made my everyday problems seem much smaller, and when it is hard sometimes, I just remember that it could be much worse.

I cannot hide being sorry for failing to move to Juventus.

I'm not interested in money.

If you win, you must be a good team.

I have spent some of the best moments of my career at Manchester City, moments that I will never forget.

When you score in the first minutes, everything changes.

I never played any games like this in Germany, not when you have to fight for 90 minutes. But if I want to be successful in England, I have to get used to it.

I think, for every player, it is important he knows the manager believes in him, and it is important he has the confidence of the manager. That helps you to find the best form.

When you're a young boy, you don't think; you just go for it. When you have more experience, you have to play more with your head.

That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn't I?

I always try to do my best. Sometimes is that enough to get a good result, sometimes not, but I never give up, and I never will.

I never want to stop, and I want to try to be even better.

English Premier League is much harder and quicker, and also, the referees are totally different because in England, they don't whistle after every small contact like in Germany.

Communication is important, and when you have an understanding with someone on the pitch, it is the most important thing.

Nobody is happy when they're not playing.

When the opportunity came, it was a fantastic thing for myself and my family to do, I couldn't wait to put on a Bosnia shirt, and I haven't really looked back since.

I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we could play.

The secret? Hard work. And more hard work.

Shevchenko was always the favourite player for me. He was my idol. When we met, we exchanged shirts and talked for a while. It was great.

After I finish with football, I will definitely go home. I won't stay in England, but I like it here, and I'm happy I'm doing what's best to give everything on the pitch, and then when I can, I relax. But the only bad thing is here maybe the rain is much more than in my country, but everything else I am happy with.

I'm fine at Wolfsburg, and I'm happy to be able to play in the Champions League.

The fans have always shown so much faith in my ability, and I feel so much love, both from supporters inside Manchester and from those all over the world.

Nothing compares to Rome. Nothing. People there are crazy about football - in a positive way.

I know people will criticise when you play bad; that is part of this job, and I am fine with that. That is not a problem. The problem is the insults. That is what hurts the most.

To be honest, I don't feel like I am able to say that I had a childhood, not in a way normal kids my age had. I had something that was specific to Bosnia in '90s, something I call a period of survival.

For every striker, it's important to have the confidence of the coach.

David Silva is a great player, and also, off the pitch, he's a great lad.

I don't like to talk too much about differences between managers.

We want to show the world that even if you go through some bad periods, you always have to think positive just to go forward.

I am genuinely flattered by Chelsea's interest. It's a club I really respect, and hold in great esteem.

I'm happy I've stayed because Rome has become my home and an indelible part of my life, in an almost unreal way.

I really don't need luxury.

I'm just a regular guy. I have a lot of friends and love to spend my time with them.

I am happy that United seems to be one of those against whom I score a lot!

I owe Wolfsburg everything. Without them, I would not have had the chance to play for Manchester City or Roma.

If you do not play well, it is normal that they criticise you. But criticism is part of the game, so you accept it.

I can just remember what I have seen, and then I often think about how I do well throughout the match, and then, if I miss one chance, everyone talks about the miss. Only that.

At Roma, it's not easy: if you win three games, you've won the league title; if you lose one, everything is bad.