Football has always been my number one thing, but I have other things in my life, like fashion, which is something that has always been in my family.

I don't believe that there's a footballer out there that only thinks about football.

Under Wenger I became the player that I am today because he's the guy that signed me at 16. I owe him a lot and all the time I spent here he made me play so much even when I was really young. Those are things you owe him back.

I doubt I'm the fastest player in the world!

When I was back at Barcelona, the boots I wanted to wear were Ronaldinho's. He had those Tiempos, gold and white, and I thought they would suit my style as a quicker player.

When you get to 16 at Barcelona, it's the age that you sign your main contract. I was about to sign that, but we knew there were a lot of other options because you always get them from other teams at that time. I didn't have the option to come to Arsenal until I was right about to sign with Barcelona.

Some of my team-mates in the Under-18s used to play 'Call of Duty' and they told me I should jump on it. I have played it ever since, for my first one or two years I played it pretty much ever day, I was mad about it.

Football is not just about spending money.

People have different passions, people have hobbies, people have lives outside their job, and nowadays it seems like the only thing we are allowed to do is train and play football.

It is just the start of your professional career and you have to handle it properly and realise that it is not always like that. There will be ups and downs. It is important that you keep humble, keep working hard and see it as the first step on a long journey.

I don't think there's players who go on the Internet to watch 'Arsenal Fan TV.'

I am a football fan, I've watched football my whole life. When my favourite team didn't do well I'd get angry.

As a team, the most important thing is results.

For us, it's always important to improve and keep things realistic.

With Arsene, he wanted us to play in the same way regardless of the opponents. The idea was that we could play in our way and beat anyone.

Getting rid of all the food I was eating and going to this plant based diet it did take those few days to actually feel better, but when it got to the beginning of the third week I felt so good.

Loads of players love the stock markets. For me, it's fashion.

My family has always made clothes. Growing up I can remember sewing machines being everywhere.

I'm living my life the way I want to live it, and not the way people think I should.

The arrival of Arsene Wenger in 1996 certainly heralded a change in English football. He was very successful very quickly, and suddenly, all the talk was about his revolutionary new training methods.

Ryan Giggs just had an athlete's physique. He could run all day.

I never went overseas until I left school and joined West Ham United Football Club at the beginning of the Sixties.

My mum and dad never went abroad for a holiday. My dad was overseas in the war but never thought about going anywhere like the Mediterranean after that, so my mum died without ever having been on a plane or abroad.

In the Fifties, Canvey was a top seaside place for a youngster - the famous Canvey Island Casino was full of slot machines and there were all the fairground rides, such as the dodgems, and a speedway track.