Certain things come naturally, and tackling wasn't one of them; I'd sometimes go a bit over the top when I was younger.
— Jack Wilshere
I am willing to go abroad if the right opportunity comes up.
I want to play first-team football.
I've been in tournaments before when you've been away for a while, and you're not really playing, you're just training. Sometimes you can feel like you're not really part of it.
When I was young at Arsenal, you take it for granted, playing all the time.
Owen Coyle was great to me.
I am a player who always wants to give more.
You need to be able to defend. It's massively important, and at Arsenal, we've sometimes been guilty of forgetting that.
It's difficult when you have a new baby but, at the same time, a nice distraction.
I know my body better. I know how to be more professional. I know how to get myself ready for the games, which is the most important thing.
I want to be Arsenal captain.
I work on my speed and strength every day, and I do a lot of work on my first five yards. For a footballer, that's really important.
Playing with people like Cesc Fabregas makes it easy for you. He will talk to you and talk you through games.
It's the same for any team... you have to keep your best players.
Josh McEachran is a great player.
I will never say no to my country.
Obviously I want to win things, and I want to do it with Arsenal.
To be playing against people like Xavi and Iniesta is brilliant.
The best player I ever played with is probably Cesc Fabregas. I only got to play with him for a year before he went back to Barcelona, but I learned so much from him - the way he knew what he was going to do with the ball before he got it and his passing - and he scored goals.
I want Arsenal to want me. If they didn't want me, it would hurt.
I said, even when I was left out, 'I am an England fan, and I'll be supporting the boys.' It's in my blood; it's too hard not to.
I don't think you can put into words the feelings you get playing week in and week out.
The fans at Upton Park are great.
I'm probably the worst fantasy league player ever. I don't really score that often, and I get booked quite a lot as well - when you get booked, you lose points.
No 10 is the job I want: in the middle of things, moving the ball forward.
Paolo Di Canio was my all-time hero.
Football was a natural thing for me, and with no injuries or injury history that would stop me from training, I just enjoyed coming in every day and playing; then it was taken away from me.
I haven't eaten junk food since I was 11, but I'm not teetotal: I have a drink maybe once a month.
All of a sudden, when you're injured, you realise everything revolves around your core. It's crucial for balance and absorbing impact.
It's easy to fit into a team like Arsenal.
We have got loyalty at Arsenal, and players have shown that in the past.
To put on an England top is a dream.
I'm always in contact with my manager at Arsenal, who has been a big part of my career, and I'll always talk to him.
All I think about is playing at the highest level and in the top competitions so I can measure myself against the best in the world.
We have loyalty at Arsenal, and players have shown that in the past.
I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I'm going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.
You can help build momentum in training by keeping the pace and intensity high. Make things happen in training, and then you can transfer that onto the pitch.
Sometimes a manager can only do so much, as in prepare a team, and then the team have to go out there and perform.
The Arsenal fans are great; every week they are 60,000, and the away support is fantastic.
My family have always been West Ham fans, so growing up, I used to go and watch them, and so I was a West Ham supporter.
I play the way I do because it's the Arsenal way.
I went to Bournemouth and had a great time. The idea was just to prove to myself that I can still play at that level.
I've had a bond with West Ham since growing up as a kid, going to Upton Park, looking up to the players.
When I was 18 or 19, I would come into training, and I'd be the last in and first out. I was one of those that took everything for granted, and I'm honest about that now.
The intensity of the Premier League is incredible. The levels of fitness you have to reach just to survive in it is absurd.
To play in the Champions League is an experience a player of 33 may not have had in his whole career. To be doing that at 18... well, it's such a bonus.
I am happy at Arsenal.
Loyalty is a big part of football, and it shows if you are a real man or not.
My perfect formation would be 4-3-3 with one holding and then the two going forward. I would be one of the ones going forward.
It is important to start winning international tournaments early and get that mentality into you. Then, hopefully, you can take it on to the world stage.
