Lukas Podolski

I want to score in every game, play well, and set up goals.

If I come on for 10 minutes and play well, I can't go home and tell everyone, 'I played a great 10 minutes.' I have to play the full 90.

I can't express in words my gratitude towards Arsenal fans for all they have done for me in my years in London.

Mr. Wenger could have moved on to another club, I am sure, but instead chose to stay and build something over the long term. He lives and dies by his own ideas, and Arsenal is his baby.

Football is like recreation for me. I'd sooner be playing five-a-side than going out to eat or shopping.

I am a family person; we are a big family, and I need my friends around me.

It was tough for my family. My father was working; my mother was working. Sometimes I was alone at home after leaving school.

Saying goodbye is very emotional.

Cologne was my big team, my favourite team. I trained one week in Cologne, and they asked me to sign for Cologne. At 17 or 18, the coach asked me to go the first-team training ground. I was lucky to have that coach.

It was hard every time I found out that I was not in the starting XI.

Football makes me happy, and I want to spend as much time I can playing or contributing to it.

Spain and England have great leagues, and it would be nice to play there when the time comes.