Did you used to play for Barcelona? Because that's not Barcelona football..

If I could reincarnate as another player, I might want to reincarnate as Thierry Henry at the top of his game..

If one day I leave Arsenal, I will never sign for another English team. Quite sure..

Hard work does not guarantee success, but no work guarantees failure..

I want to play for Arsenal. When you see football all around the world you see very few teams who play the way that we play. I just enjoy it. I feel ….

What makes a good captain is someone that can lead and someone who dies for their team..

Carles Puyol is a Barcelona legend. He could have been playing every two weeks but he has shown dignity until the end..

My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I di….

Apart from Arsenal and Barcelona, I don't see myself playing anywhere else. I will definitely be going back (to Arsenal) whenever I have time to watc….

If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me..

I do feel that I have unfinished business in the Premier League and now is the right time to return. I considered all the other offers very carefully….

You have to fight for your dream, but you also have to feel fortunate for what you have..

Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol.

I've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more inj….

I am an Arsenal player and I don't think about anything else. I'm not going to say no to anybody, nor am I going to say yes to anybody. I did not say….

Messi is the best in the world. Cristiano is a goalscorer. Messi is more taltented, more complete, tactically and footballwise. Cristiano isn't doing….

He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend o….

I think you have to be grateful to those who have helped you..

Once a gunner, always a gunner.

I am really proud to HAVE been an Arsenal player..

If one day I have to leave Barcelona, probably the first thing I will look into is Arsenal.