Hector Bellerin

“You have to play your 'A' game in every single match and that's a good thing.”

“My dad was a Real Betis fan.”

“I don't actually know the most expensive thing I've ever bought. It would probably be a jacket, because I don't really spend that much on any other things.”

“People have different passions, people have hobbies, people have lives outside their job, and nowadays it seems like the only thing we are allowed to do is train and play football.”

“When I used to go to school, the teachers used to say to my mum, 'Hector looks like he's going to a restaurant.' I was just that kid, I wanted to look good.”

“As a team, if you don't have the best season, it doesn't help.”

“Sometimes taking it slowly, taking a player through the paces is the best way to keep him wanting more.”

“Fashion is something that brought me closer to my family as I grew up. It's something that was deep inside me, in my roots, and I started taking more interest as I grew older because it reminded me of my mother and my grandmother. It's not something I take lightly, and I'm going to be open about it.”

“If you want to be in the first team you have to show how much you're worth at U21 level.”

“For us, it's always important to improve and keep things realistic.”

“People have called me 'lesbian' for growing my hair.”

“When you are asked to play for Arsenal, and for the first-team at that, it is very hard to say no.”

“I am a football fan, I've watched football my whole life. When my favourite team didn't do well I'd get angry.”

“The most important thing is that Spain have a good team no matter who plays. It is always nice to see your name spoken but the important thing is that the national team does well. But having good players for every position is important because there are always injuries, drops of form.”

“It doesn't matter about the other team, when we have the ball and push hard, we can score goals. It is up to us to start the games with that desire, that motivation, and then we can get good results.”

“When you get to 16 at Barcelona, it's the age that you sign your main contract. I was about to sign that, but we knew there were a lot of other options because you always get them from other teams at that time. I didn't have the option to come to Arsenal until I was right about to sign with Barcelona.”

“I came to Arsenal to stay here.”

“In life, you should be allowed to express yourself. People are happier like this.”

“The problem is that people have an idea of what a footballer should look like, how they should behave, what they should talk about. If you act a little differently you become a target. There is pressure to conform. This is very dangerous.”

“I started as a winger and played there for about six years but when I came to Arsenal they told me 'now you have to play me at the back' and everything just changed.”