In China you have to be in peak form because you need to do well. You earn a lot - I had a huge salary - but then you have to prove you are worth it. Every match is a challenge and I played next to or faced some truly great players.
During the holidays, professional players would come and say hello to us in the academy and that really made you want to be a professional. When you saw what great conditions they lived in, it gave you even more desire.
We try to keep our heads cool and our chins up to win every weekend. Sometimes it works better than others but you have to focus on the positive side so for that next game you still have the right state of mind.
Salah is a tough guy. Always calm and strong, with the mentality of a hard worker. I'll never forget his training sessions: very high rhythm, pushed like a madman, you watched him in amazement.
My frustration is I quit Arsenal too soon. I left a club I loved without really showing how good I was.
I do not know what the future holds for me.
I was born in a tiny place in Ivory Coast, so being a protagonist in this life is a dream.
Football really has saved my family and it's true that it saves a lot of families in Africa. It gives us the means to be able to give a better life to our loved ones.
To play for Arsenal will be the best day of my life and I will do anything to play for that team.
When you are young, you always want to improve, to work with great managers - and Arsene Wenger is one of the best in the world.
I really got a taste for winning titles at Lille.
I liked playing in England, I liked playing for Arsenal.
I honestly did not learn much from Arsenal.
I have got lots of confidence in my own ability and I know I have got to keep up my standards.
Whatever player Arsene picks to play for Arsenal, I respect that and so should the fans.
It's a great club, for me, and I am still an Arsenal fan. Will I come back? Maybe, I still hope to.
Jay Z, Thierry Henry, and President Obama are three people I really respect.
Yes, at times in front of goal a fog descends. Perhaps the speed of my feet doesn't match up with that of my mind.
The most important thing for me is to continue to learn, step by step, regardless of club or country.
My idol has always been Thierry Henry.
