I'd like to see myself as captain, but it's a long-term goal.

Winning the league is obviously something you dream of as a kid.

Scoring is probably something I need to work on.

I tend not to read the papers or listen to what the pundits say about me.

If you're not right, you can make a mistake that will cost your team-mates a game.

When you bring in a player with a big reputation for a big fee, and he's coming from a different championship, and it starts badly, then you can be worried - we had an example of that with Andriy Shevchenko.

It's always better if you have one manager for a long period because then you can build the team.

I know I could be a goalkeeper coach - I feel I am better suited to be a manager.

There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.

I've played under different managers, different styles, and most of my career, I was asked to play long.

Every summer is important. If you have a bad summer, it can have consequences for the whole season. If you don't get people to rest and to have a very good pre-season, you can start the season chasing.

Sometimes in the Premier League, you are in a game where you can't play nice football because you just wouldn't win it.

Even if you have won it before, you just want to keep winning the Champions League. Every season, the ambition is to win the competition.

Football is a wonderful game which can be cruel at times.

I don't do nervous, really. You always have to respect your opponent, respect the game of football, and be 100 per cent focused.

It was my dream to have an opportunity to become a professional player.

Arsenal is a team who challenge for the top and definitely match my ambitions and personal motivation.

It's normal in a top club that people change.

My favourite language, actually, is Czech, just because it's so colourful. We have so many combinations, words, and expressions. I have to say there are a lot of things which you can say in Czech, but you cannot really translate, because the meaning would make no sense.

Managers come and go, and first-team coaches and players can leave suddenly.

Money has never won anything. You can spend as much as you want, but you must build a team first.

Sometimes I think it is best if, after a big game, you play another big game.

My father has a book where, ever since I started playing games... he wrote down the games that I played in. And then, when I did my website, we thought that was a really good idea, that people can keep track of my games.

I think once you understand a language, you understand the culture surrounding it as well.