I can’t think of a striker in the world who has scored so many important goals, never mind a midfielder.

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

The moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

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’ll never forget the club or him I don’t see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I'm not too sure about the last one.

I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Before falling to the ground, the rain has touched the sky. (Avant de tomber au sol, La pluie a touché le ciel)

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.

Belief in oneself is required for healing.

I drank, smoked and did drugs to get where I'm at.

There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.

There's been so many, I think [Lucas Goodman and I] share this, but for us, Afropunk was a really big moment just because it was in New York.

Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.

My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England it was very British.