I was voted three times Germany's national player of the year, and that is decided by the fans. That shows the fans are there for me and believe in me.

It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football.

Arsenal belong as one of the best clubs in the world, and London is a great place to be, a great city to live in.

People wrote so negatively about me, but generally, the people who are familiar with football know my strengths and abilities.

It's hard for some parents to give their children compliments.

In my own life, I find myself doing some task - driving or playing golf - and having a conversation with my mother or father, who are both deceased. I don't know if that means I'm mentally ill, but I suspect lots of people do it. And when I hold that conversation, different images of my parents appear to me.

Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

My mother and father didn't know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, 'My, the man play that guitar nice.'