Jack Wilshere

“The fans at Upton Park are great.”

“To play in the Champions League is an experience a player of 33 may not have had in his whole career. To be doing that at 18... well, it's such a bonus.”

“I said, even when I was left out, 'I am an England fan, and I'll be supporting the boys.' It's in my blood; it's too hard not to.”

“I want to play first-team football.”

“You can help build momentum in training by keeping the pace and intensity high. Make things happen in training, and then you can transfer that onto the pitch.”

“The intensity of the Premier League is incredible. The levels of fitness you have to reach just to survive in it is absurd.”

“Nothing goes through your head when you're playing except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game.”

“The best player I ever played with is probably Cesc Fabregas. I only got to play with him for a year before he went back to Barcelona, but I learned so much from him - the way he knew what he was going to do with the ball before he got it and his passing - and he scored goals.”

“Football was a natural thing for me, and with no injuries or injury history that would stop me from training, I just enjoyed coming in every day and playing; then it was taken away from me.”

“I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I'm going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.”

“Obviously I want to win things, and I want to do it with Arsenal.”

“It's every kid's dream to represent their country at a World Cup.”

“With Arsenal, I've been playing out wide, which is not me.”

“I want to be Arsenal captain.”

“When I was 18 or 19, I would come into training, and I'd be the last in and first out. I was one of those that took everything for granted, and I'm honest about that now.”

“I play the way I do because it's the Arsenal way.”

“I want Arsenal to want me. If they didn't want me, it would hurt.”

“I realise things aren't going to go my way every week. Of course they're not. But the main thing is to give your all and enjoy.”

“All of a sudden, when you're injured, you realise everything revolves around your core. It's crucial for balance and absorbing impact.”

“I like to play anywhere in the middle.”