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I want to stay at Stoke and play for Stoke.
It feels special to me to be a West Ham player.
I know how strong I am mentally, how I work on myself.
It's clear that I want to compete with the best players.
I've grown up a lot in England since I arrived at Stoke.
You can't keep losing and say nothing in the dressing room.
It's better I keep my mouth shut. Let my feet do the talking.
I turned from a fan favourite to a player they hated in no time.
Yes, sometimes I have done some wrong things and I'm not an angel.
For me I don't care if I don't score or assist if we win the game.
People claimed I refused to play. But that is not true and a complete lie.
I have a big responsibility as a father. That helps me to be more sensible.
You don't mess with Pablo Zabaleta. He is not just looking hard, he is hard.
In Austria, everything is my fault when we lose. Whatever I do it's not enough.
I am a guy who gives everything for his team - I defend my team, my whole club.
No matter which defenders are in front of me, they better be scared because of me.
I used to do taekwondo when I was small but I don't like to fight, I like to have fun.
I'm only doing my job, and if I score against Mark Hughes' team, it's nothing personal.
I'm surprised some people don't like me! I think I have a good heart, so they should like me!
I love it when people criticise me. There is no better feeling than when you make them quiet.
The only thing that bothers me is that I am in good health and that I am able to play football.
I've always been quiet in the dressing room before the game. I try to focus and give everything.
I've played in Serie A, the Bundesliga, Holland and now the Premier League. They are all different.
The M6 is terrible and there are always accidents when there is a big highway with lots of traffic.
When you get support and you are in the box there is no better feeling than to score goals and make assists.
I respect what Gary Neville achieved as a player. He was brilliant at Manchester United and hats off to him.
I learned to keep my mouth shut, to keep my hands down, just try to put the ball in the net. That is the best answer.
Twente have probably the best fans in the Netherlands and the fans stay behind their team in both good and bad times.
I try to score in every game and I don't feel sorry for anybody: If we win and I score that's fine, nothing else matters.
Before, back in the day when I was young, when you had some problems, you dealt with it with your hands. No one had a knife.
You have one captain but, for me, it should be everyone who says something and help each other, then you can be a great team.
I respect Mark Hughes and what he's done for me but I heard some things when he was talking about me and they were not good things.
I don't like to praise myself - that I am the quickest, that I am the strongest, that I am the most technical guy - I never do that.
The German journalists still ring me and ask me to come back because without me their newspapers are empty - but I'm happy for that.
Everyone thinks that footballers go on the pitch and they have so much money that they think about themselves. But I am not like that.
The difference between Germany and Italy? I think in Serie A there is more quality and the game is quicker, but in Germany it's similar.
I am not saying Gary Neville is a nobody. He has accomplished a lot in his life, he is a legend. But as a coach? Let him stay on the TV.
I just want to give advice to everyone to go the right way. It is important for me. The most important thing is to listen to your family.
Everywhere I went, Rapid Vienna or Austria Vienna, there was always a problem. I just wanted a coach who said: 'Just go out and win us the game.'
I played at Anfield twice when I was with Stoke and it's a hard place to go, we all know that Liverpool is one of the best teams in the Premier League.
Chicharito has had a very good career. He was at Man United and then when he left, he went to Real Madrid and then Leverkusen. He is the perfect striker.
I promised my mother that I'd be a famous footballer one day after seeing players such as Croatia's Davor Suker and Serbia's Predrag Mijatovic shine in France.
When you are on the street, if someone walks towards you it's better to look down. But we were always looking at people in the eye to try to provoke something.
You have some defenders who don't like you and you don't like them. And you know from the first minute, they're going to do everything to take you out of the game.
The thing is, Stoke City pulled me out of a situation where I was not playing, where I was not happy, and that was in Germany. They have breathed new life into me.
I rate Dave Luiz as a top defender. He's very clever. But I don't know if he's as quick as me. And if he kicks me, he kicks me. It's fine. I can't react to anything.
I want my kids to be proud of their dad and not to go to school and hear abuse. One day they will read many things about me and I would like it to be about football.
I'm a football player and I have respect for every opponent, every defender and every team, but I'm not afraid of anyone and I'm not afraid to take them on and to make things happen.
I didn't care about anyone or listen to nobody, only my father or mother. I would fight my coaches and say: 'Who are you to scream or shout at me? Are you my dad? Talk to me normally.'
The media talks a lot. The media, they don't know. They are not in the team, they are not training with me, they are not playing with me, but they are talking a lot about me in Europe.