Sticking to a routine helps you get in the zone for the match. I always put my left shinpad on before my right. When I go out onto the pitch, I take three hops on my left leg - but I don't know why I started. I must have seen Messi do it or something.
— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
When you have a good bunch of youthful players, it's good to start them off together earlier rather than later, as they build up friendships.
I want people to like me, and I care what they think.
I'm into nice clothes and trying to look good.
I've got a lot of very fond memories playing football from the ages of four.
Me being myself, I'm not happy when I'm not playing.
At Southampton, my dad was the academy coach at under-11 level.
I've played on the wing in some games and found myself in the middle for five or 10 minutes when others drift wide. It's about creating chances, scoring goals and helping the team win.
Wherever I played, I had an opportunity to show my attributes.
Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.
I got to be around an England team at a World Cup in Brazil, and that was an amazing experience.
I have to improve to get to where I want to get and to be as good as I hope to be, so I keep working on it.
When you pick up injuries, you put yourself to the bottom of the pile for a bit and have to work yourself up.
All players go through injuries in their career, but I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Getting stronger and fitter by playing games is only going to help me.
FA Cup or league - we look to win every game.
Obviously, the big teams create the bigger atmosphere around the stadiums.
When I used to come to Anfield as an away player, I always knew it was going to be a hard game, no matter what kind of form your team was in.
I think friendship in football is a massive part of the team.
People at school used to assume I was going to be a footballer, and it wasn't until I got to 16, when I was at Southampton, that I had a doubt for the first time in my life. Southampton said I wasn't big enough, but it was just because I hadn't grown. Simple as that.
I started going training with Southampton, and they were selecting the team for the under-9s. I did a six-week trial and got in. I was quite lucky to play at a good standard from a very young age.
I want to thank the Arsenal fans who've always supported me. But I can't apologise for my decision to leave. I want to get more out of myself. I felt the main thing was taking myself out of my comfort zone. That's why Liverpool shouted out for me.
As a footballer, you want to play every game.
There is always room for improvement, and I have always grown up knowing however well I have done, there is always something I could have done better.
The more positions I can play, it gives the manager a nice headache, and it can be helpful for him.
I just want to be able to be an attacking influence and have that effect further up the pitch; whether that's from an attacking midfield position or one of the wider positions coming in, I'm not too fussed.
Every time I come and try to work hard in training, and when I get opportunities, try to work hard and do the things the boss asks us to do.
When there's a lot of talk about a team that should or could be winning things, and it's not happening, it can become a little bit frustrating.
I'm always learning from the boys around me.
Obviously, everyone goes in the gym and does the biceps bells and the bench press, but when you're injured, you work on your core, your pelvic floor, your groins, on glutes, and muscles you wouldn't really know about. It does make you a stronger player all round in terms of injury prevention.
Spain have got a big influence from Real Madrid and Barcelona, and when you watch Spain play, it's almost like watching Barcelona or Real Madrid at times.
I think I play with no fear: I run at players regardless of who they are and try to make a difference.
You can have one good game, but the next one could be a bad one.
You see the likes of the Barcelonas and Real Madrids, and you always want to play against them and, obviously, Bayern Munich too.
If you are good friends with someone, you get to know them better and their strengths and weaknesses. You have that respect for each other, and you learn the way one another play.
My dad always pushes me, tries to make me do better, and maybe that's what gets the best out of me. He's tried to instil that in me.
In my head, I was like any young kid: 'I'm going to be a footballer.' But at the same time, my mum and dad were making me do my schoolwork, and that was important.
My dad had a soccer school that he used to run, the Mark Chamberlain Soccer Academy, I used to go to that for two years until the age of seven.
Growing up, I played more centrally, which is why, whenever I do get asked to play there, I'm more than happy to do that.
When a big player leaves, a big player leaves. You're at a big club like Liverpool, another big player will come in the future.
I can have the worst game of my life, come off the pitch, and my mum will tell me I was great! That's what mums do.
I play where I'm told to play.
I just say I'd like to be an attacking midfielder.
When you're a young lad in a team like Arsenal, you feel like, of course, you deserve to be at the club... but you're on the periphery, and there are world-class players and more experienced players around you.
I always hear commentators talking about squads that have been around and that have won things; they always mention the experience of winning and knowing what it takes to win. They have only got that through winning trophies and winning competitions.
Any chance I get, I'll try and take with two hands.
You become more aware of your body when you go through a long injury. You work on things you don't know about until you get injured, so different muscles.
You are all mates off the pitch, but on it, you are all competing for places. I think that only makes a healthier squad - more players fighting for positions can only mean everyone has got to step their game up.
To be picked for your country at any stage is a massive honour, and to be at a huge tournament likes the Euros is such a bonus.
It's nice when you know the crowd are on your side. I can only repay them by working my hardest when I do get on and trying to impress them.
