I chose Juventus for their winning mindset.

In football, there's always room for improvement.

When you come to a new club, it takes time to adapt.

It was a waste of time to sit on the bench in London.

For me, a good season is one that ends with a trophy.

When you come to Juve, it's because you've been chosen.

I wouldn't give up European football. It's very enjoyable.

In the dressing room, we know that Arsene Wenger is the boss.

To miss out on the top four in Europe is heartbreaking, really.

For me, Old Trafford is a stadium where you like to play and win.

When I was approached by Arsenal in 2005, my world changed forever.

People still say I am over-confident, but I am a big critic of myself.

I think some of the English players at Chelsea run the club, pretty much.

I wouldn't dare compare myself to Buffon, not as a man and not as a keeper.

The players often show much more qualities in training than we do in games.

I am proud to be a part of Arsenal, and I see my future at this great club.

My confidence never gets crushed. Whatever happens, my attitude doesn't change.

We all have difficult moments in our careers. It is how you react to them that counts.

I am happy to take the blame sometimes for a goal conceded if I felt I could do better.

When I came to Arsenal, I was on a scholarship earning £80 per week away from my family.

There's not a single keeper in the world that goes through a season without a little dip.

Every player that comes at Juventus becomes better; every player that comes wins trophies.

Accepting that my time with Arsenal was over was difficult because I never imagined leaving.

I was thinking of winning the Scudetto in Rome. I did not succeed, but I grew as a goalkeeper.

Ronaldo is an absolutely terrific player. He works very hard for his team; he has the quality.

Over a long time, I've honestly had enough of people saying Arsenal's defence is not good enough.

I think, in general, the coaches in Italy are much more tactical; that's just how the league works.

I'm not stupid - if you buy one of the world's best goalkeepers, it's not to keep him on the bench.

The biggest thing I have taken away from these two years at Roma is the fact I grew as a goalkeeper.

I would never say I give less to Roma than I do to Arsenal; it is just that the emotion is different.

If I stay in Roma, I can still improve. If I go back to Arsenal, I will treasure my experience in Italy.

I consider myself a very confident person, but I don't actually think I am big-headed because my confidence doesn't affect me.

Boruc is nuts. He is a very good friend of mine, and so I'm sure he wouldn't mind me saying he's a nutter. He really is crazy.

I'm a 24-year-old, and I enjoy my life, and winning a football game is the most enjoyable thing I've ever experienced in my life.

People talk about pressure in football, but I don't think pressure should always affect you in a bad way. I love games under pressure.

I wanted to be at Arsenal for my whole career. It is the club I love. It is the club I still support. I gave everything to play there.

Pogba is a great player and left Juve by his own decision. It makes sense that he is singled out at any club - and even more so at United.

When you are 25, everything comes easy to you. When you get past 35, every training session is a sacrifice. I can't see myself doing that.

I trust Mr. Wenger like no one else, so if he says that the best way to get my place in squad back would be go on loan, it means he's right.

I was 20 years old when I started playing in the Premier League. Maybe mentally I wasn't quite prepared for it, and that has earned me a reputation.

I think when you play with the same defence, you sort of understand each other's body language, and you read off each other, and it's much, much better.

It is not very good for your head if you go up and down and up and down. I want to try to keep going up, with my quality and with my decisions that I make.

I don't think there was a danger of chaos at Arsenal. We have a fantastic manager who knows how to run the club. All the players believe in what he's doing.

It's not about improving when you play; it's every day, in training, you have to work on every aspect of your game, and that's something I've really enjoyed.

Spalletti made a difference for me. He gives great importance to the details and, at minimum, wants the goalkeeper to know how to play with the ball at his feet.

My dad has always been very helpful with good advice, and he still helps me. I call him after every single game, and he is very critical, if I am honest with you.

I'm a little embarrassed to talk about it now, but the very first sport that I did, if you can call it sport, was ballroom dancing. I was aged seven to nine or 10.

You know what to expect when you play Championship sides. They're very solid defensively, they're not scared to put their foot or head in, and they defend very well.

You can play for a smaller club, make a mistake, and no one will really highlight it, but when you play for a big club, whatever you do is going to be in the papers.

I began my journey as a 16-year-old boy at the Arsenal's academy, trying to one day become a first team player, going out for evening runs in East Barnet with Jack Wilshere.

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