Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.

That is something that I always want to do when I arrive somewhere is to know about the culture of the country, about the club and make sure I know what it takes to wear the jersey.

That's the way I've been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don't have to think about them any more.

The thing is, don't get me wrong, I still love scoring and I hate to lose but now I see myself more as making players play better. Sometime you do what you have to do and you have to perform, that is still there, but in my mind I am thinking about making the guys around me play better and that is never an easy thing to do.

When I was 20 or 21, I didn't... I won't say care about anything, but you're like in your own world - you made something that you always wanted to do, and then you kind of think only about your family and yourself.

But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Because that's just the way it is, and don't sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can... not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression.

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

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

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

I may be French, but I'm playing for Arsenal.

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.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

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.

And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?

I don't like to plan anything.

In New York it seems like there's no Monday or Saturday or Sunday. The town is always moving. The vibe is great.

It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him.

No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped.