Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

Over the years I think I have developed a better understanding of being a goalkeeper - and I mean on and off the pitch. I mean how to deal with certain situations, how to prepare myself for games, how to read the game. I think I needed to leave Arsenal to do that.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

Since I moved to the U.K., it has been ten years almost, I have never had any issue. My boy, Jan, was born in London and people have been great to me. I have been really happy living here.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

Before my last year at Arsenal, when we won the FA Cup, I was really up and down, never really consistent, and never really put my mark on the team. I understand that then there were question marks over my name.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

It's tricky because obviously when you join a new club, from the very first day, everyone looks at you and tries to see if you are good enough. That's more or less what you have to go through. Then the other thing is that when I signed for West Ham nobody told me I was going to be number one.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

Even when there was a difficult time for me I was always focused on my job or I was always working hard. That is the only way I think you can achieve something.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

I will always be grateful to Arsenal for bringing me into the best league in the world, but Swansea have given me what I always wanted, and as No. 1, I want to pay them back.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

Even though I was sitting on the bench at Arsenal, I made myself prepare like I was going to play, thinking about the game properly. I had to be ready.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

I'm not a political guy, but living here in the U.K., in Swansea, is great for me and my family.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

I had come from Poland and the attention on you is much bigger when you get to the Premier League, so everything was doubled or tripled. Obviously, there were times when I struggled to deal with the criticism.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

Arsene Wenger gave me the belief to keep working and competing. He was not talking to me every day, 'I believe in you,' but it was every now and again. The right amount.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

You make mistakes to learn from them.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

You have to just keep working hard and hopefully it will pay off.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

I don't really like talking too much about myself, but I have this feeling that it's all clicking for me. It's all coming together.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

I think all the people I met at the club at Swansea, they deserved the respect they showed me over the time I was there.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

There is no comfort zone. You continue to work hard, to be consistent and to deliver performances.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

When I came to Swansea, no one said to me: 'Whatever happens you're going to be No. 1.' But I felt I would at least have the chance to start or be given an opportunity and then it would be up to me to take it.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

When there is a mistake in the game, or even half a mistake, I think I'm quite smart enough to know that I could have, and should have, done better in the situation.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski

I have the idea that when you put yourself through hard, detailed training, and you put a lot of attention into all the little details - the analysis of the opposition, the movement and understanding of the game, the way your opponent plays - then you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes.