I don't think I will play every game, depending on the tactical situation, depending on the opponent, but I will do everything to try and help the team.
— Henrikh Mkhitaryan
I am very proud to join Manchester United. This move is a dream come true for me.
When we're leading during the game, we have to squeeze the opponent.
It's another pleasure to score at Old Trafford, so I will try to do me best to do that.
Everyone is at their best against the champions.
I play football like chess. You have to think a lot and anticipate what could happen after you make your move.
I read about the history of England, of Manchester. I wanted to know how people here live, their interests.
Everything comes from your mind. You have to push yourself to get things going in your direction. If you are stubborn, nothing will help. If you are sad, nothing will help. You have to keep positive and to work very well for your next chance.
I really enjoy my life in Manchester, my training, my games, everything.
Not so many Armenian players are given the chance to play in the Champions League, and this is really important for me, because I want to do everything to impress the children who are watching me playing.
I like to play attacking, like a winger, or an attacking midfielder, so it depends on the coach, where he's looking at me for which position.
It was definitely not the salary that made me join Manchester United; I went for football reasons - for the history of the club, the league, the fans, and the coach because he is one of the best in the world.
The most important competition is always the next match.
Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.
I can be very serious, but if I'm being honest, I'm very happy with the way my life has turned out.
By the time I was 10 years old, my entire life was football. Training, reading, watching, even playing football on PlayStation. I was totally focused on it. I especially loved the creative players - the maestros.
In the '80s, before I was born, my dad played in the old Soviet Top League in our home country of Armenia. He was a small but very quick striker. 'Soviet Soldier' magazine actually honoured him with its 'Knight of Attack' award in 1984.
I'm trying to do everything with my family members, my friends, who are watching me every day, every game I am playing, so they are trying to help me to say what I did wrong and what I did well, and I try to improve myself.
I think the most important thing is to play to help the team, winning the games - that is the main thing for me.
It's always a pity to lose or draw at the end of the game; it's always painful.
Even when I wasn't playing, I always had a smile on my face because if I acted sad or mad, it wouldn't help me.
The most dangerous area is the centre, which has to be either attacked or defended in football, and it's the same in chess.
Do not think about records, because one day, they will break.
I did not want to later look back in my life and say, 'Why would you not make times change?'
You cannot always have good times in your life.
I am very excited - it's a big opportunity for me to play for Manchester United, a new challenge for me. I will try to do my best.
I always wanted to become a football player, and I thank my parents, as they helped me so much to realise this dream. They always supported me on my path.
I like to win the difficulties, because when you win the difficulties, it makes you stronger, so I'm trying to do everything to come up to a new level.
I was always taught by my father to challenge myself and to continue to evolve in my career, and I saw the move to Manchester United as an opportunity to grow as a player and as a person.
It's always important to read, to know something about this world, so I try to learn, to know, to see what I can learn for myself. Be it from books, TV or the Internet, I try to know what happened in the world.
I've learned a lot from my mistakes.
It would be fair to say that the start of my life in Manchester was not perfect, but there have been many other times when I've had setbacks, and I have never given up.
My father played five years for Valence in France's second division. I'd always cry when he would leave for training. Every morning, I'd say, 'Dad, take me with you. Please, please take me with you!'
Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.
I keep working hard, and this will pay off.
You can lose to any team and then beat your top opponents and still not be in the top four.
I remember once Manchester United were ahead of Manchester City by eight points and ended up losing it, so everything is possible in this life.
It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.
If you make a mistake, your opponent can punish, and you end up losing the game.
When I came first to Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp said, 'Listen, Mkhitaryan, it's your family name - it's too long. So Henrikh, it's too long. Let's call you Micki. Are you okay?' I said, 'Okay, no problem.' And since that day, they started calling me Micki.
Manchester United are not just any football club.
Coming to Manchester, maybe I didn't show all my potential, but in every game, I'm trying to do my best because it's very important for me, the fans, and the club. Maybe in some games it doesn't work, but I still keep working and trying to improve.
Every person has to keep in mind that they can grow up and reach the top, no matter where they are born, whether it's in Russia, in Ukraine, in Europe; they've still got the opportunity to show their talent and the culture of their people.
If you play football, you have to try to do the maximum, so I'm always doing the maximum for myself because, after my football career, I want to sit down and think I did something good.
There is not much sun, but I didn't move to Manchester to go to the beach.
I had three very successful years in Germany with Borussia Dortmund, but I had the opportunity to move to one of the biggest clubs in the highest-profile league in the world.
Everything is up to the players and not the tactics. They're just small details that can show you the way to play.
When you walk onto the pitch at Old Trafford, it is not just a pitch, it is a stage. If my father could see me on that stage, I think he would be very proud. I was always kind of chasing him, and I think even though he's not here, he helped me to get to this place.
When your dreams are close to coming true, it does not feel real at first.
In 1989, when I was just a baby, we moved to France because of some conflicts that were brewing in Armenia.
