“At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine… don’t get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it’s not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.”

At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine… don’t get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it’s not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.

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

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

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.

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?

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

I don’t like to plan anything.

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

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

Being seen as the best striker in Europe doesn’t spur me on-it’s helping my team to success. That’s my only aim. I’m not a machine.

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

I like to score a proper goal, you know – a passing move.

You learn from your mistakes.

It’s not about me, it’s about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals.

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

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

Most people’s historical perspective begins with the day of their birth.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.

The heights of the earth don’t even begin to measure up to how much the creator of this universe loves you.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again. Only this time, more wisely.

The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly!

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.