Athlete

Arsenal have a history of bringing through youngsters, giving them opportunities, and turning them into world-class players.

As a midfielder, you have to have vision. If you see an opening that might create an opportunity, you have to believe in yourself and go for it; a 40-yard pass or an eye-of-the-needle ball. You have to feel you are going to make it. That's the way I play. I have a picture in my mind, and I go for it.

Arsenal have a history of bringing through youngsters, giving them opportunities, and turning them into world-class players.

Nothing's in my head when I'm out there; I'm just trying to have fun on the football pitch.

I want to keep on improving as a player and become the best... one of the best midfielders in my position in the world.

I want to keep on improving as a player and become the best... one of the best midfielders in my position in the world.

I need to be playing well, be involved in the game, and taking matches by the scruff of the neck.

Everybody talks about the FA Cup being special, and now I know from personal experience it is really special to be involved in.

I'm an Arsenal player, and I want to remain an Arsenal player.

I hate being in the gym.

I drive a Mercedes SLS, which is fun.

I know I am not a screamer and a shouter, and I won't change the way I am.

I'm a player who always gives 100 percent, regardless of what's going on.

When you're wide, you're taught to try and get in at the far post so the ball doesn't go straight across, but from that central position, you can use your instinct where to go.

You would want to play in every game if possible, but I am realistic.

It's always nice seeing a stadium when it's full, and as players, that's what we want to be playing in front of.

Nothing's in my head when I'm out there; I'm just trying to have fun on the football pitch.

We have to take every game as it comes.

It's always nice seeing a stadium when it's full, and as players, that's what we want to be playing in front of.

I'm not one of those people who goes home and has to put football on the TV straight away or has to watch Sky Sports News.