So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it's good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence.

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen.

I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise.

I always have a football handy at home, and I'll play with it. Sometimes it'll get on my wife's nerves. But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

So when I go home, sometimes, even when I had an amazing game, I always think about what I missed.

I've always loved New York; I've been visiting New York since 1996. People don't look at you like, 'What are you doing? What are you wearing?' There is also that thing that when people know that you have worked hard to get something, people have that respect for that here. You worked hard - good for you.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.