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" And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot. "
Play
End
Trying
" And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test? "
You
Cricket
Game
" At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine... don't get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it's not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back. "
Money
You
Me
" At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to. "
End Of The Day
End
Day
" Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully, in time, and with players coming and trying to develop the game, and the U.S. team also doing well - at the last World Cup, they finished above England and created some buzz. "
Time
Baseball
Football
" Because that's just the way it is, and don't sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can... not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression. "
Past
Hurt
Progress
" But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling. "
Feeling
Moment
Mine
" But one thing you need to do in the game, is to adapt and adjust your game to what you have been asked to do and also to what your body is telling you to do. "
Your Body
Body
Game
" But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy. "
Feet
Happy
Moment
" I always have a football handy at home, and I'll play with it. Sometimes it'll get on my wife's nerves. But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy. "
Happy
Wife
Moment
" I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done. "
Always
Think
Missed
" I am a believer in passing the ball on the ground, I was lucky to be part of teams like that at Arsenal, with the French national team and with Monaco and at Barcelona. I know you can win in other ways, but I believe that is the way football should be played. "
Win
Believe
Know
" I am always honest, and I am not the sort of player to say, 'Oh, I love Arsenal' and then sign for someone else. I think if I was unhappy, I would say that, but I'm not. I do love Arsenal. "
Say
Love
I Am
" I am more than proud to be European. I love Europe, I love France, but I have an American mentality, and I don't know why. The way I see things, the way I talk, I'm the kind of person who, if I want to say something, I will say it - sometimes in Europe, it's not always what you need to do. "
Proud
Love
Know
" I don't like to plan anything. "
Anything
Plan
Like
" I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn't even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested! "
Young
Nice
Say
" I may be French, but I'm playing for Arsenal. "
Playing
May
French
" I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise. "
Making
History
Idea
" In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen. "
Amazing
Always
Football
" In New York it seems like there's no Monday or Saturday or Sunday. The town is always moving. The vibe is great. "
Great
New York
Sunday
" I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now. "
Honest
Thought
Football
" It's difficult to talk about Pele because I didn't see him. "
Talk
Pele
Him
" It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough. "
Time
Me
Know
" I've always loved New York; I've been visiting New York since 1996. People don't look at you like, 'What are you doing? What are you wearing?' There is also that thing that when people know that you have worked hard to get something, people have that respect for that here. You worked hard - good for you. "
Good
Respect
New York
" I've followed the NBA religiously since I was a kid, and now because of my boy Tony Parker, I'm a huge Spurs fan. "
Kid
Fan
Because
" My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done. "
Always
Know
Never
" No, because retiring is stopping. If I wanted to stop, I would have stopped. "
Because
Stop
Stopping
" People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals. "
People
See
Me
" Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say. "
Try
Us
People
" So few people recognize me, I can do what anyone does. "
People
Recognize
Me
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