I tried to do everything on the pitch to play at the World Cup. It wasn't enough.
— Samir Nasri
A man is not scared of playing, of having any contact, and you won't shut him down if you kick him - he will just ask for the ball all the time.
I like to be the winner; I like to change. I like to make history.
A lot of things have changed in my life and for the best. I'm really happy about it. I'm just blessed.
When I say something, I don't go back on it.
I don't know of one player who is happy on the bench, especially when you don't understand the reason.
Arsenal have good fans but not that passionate since they moved from Highbury to the Emirates.
I think more with my head - things are 90 per cent in your head, and everything else comes after that.
Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.
I just look at what is best for me.
If you win the Carling Cup, it can give you confidence, and sometimes, when you haven't won a trophy, you become scared of winning.
If you look at Barcelona and the way they press high, or Bayern Munich, the way they press high... that's what makes them the best teams, because when they lose the ball, in the first three seconds, that's when they get the ball back, really, really high.
I have to smile because we, as footballers, are really lucky to do the job we do. But this is not just a job for me. It's my passion.
You can't be the best every game. Even Messi can have a bad game.
You don't want to stay on the bench. You want to play every game.
My parents sacrificed everything for me. My father worked on a building site and as a driver - so many jobs. My mum was at home full-time to take care of me, my sister, and two brothers.
I will only be 29 in 2016 for the European Championships, but the French national team doesn't make me happy.
The horizon is a little bit blocked with Didier Deschamps as manager. I respect his choices, but the French national team doesn't make me happy any more.
Every great player has a big character. I don't know any player with a lot of quality who just has quality - you have to have an ego and character to be the main person on the pitch.
I am a guy who likes a challenge. I don't like to go somewhere where I am used to winning.
When you're a player, you want the manager to know your quality and to want you.
I think I have had my story with France. Unfortunately, it's not the story I would have liked. I would have liked to have played a World Cup; I would have liked to have done a lot more for the French national team.
Cristiano Ronaldo is more of a professional, hard-working guy. Ronaldo is the example you follow.
It's better not to talk but to act on the pitch.
I'm used to playing in the Premier League now. I'm confident, and all my team-mates are confident with me.
When Manchester City came for me it was the best choice to come here.
I will not play for Tottenham.
I try to be precise with my passes but take some risks as well.
All my younger years, I was a No. 10. In the national team, I used to play No. 10, and Marseille, I used to play No. 10.
When I'm happy and smiling, I play my best.
I wasn't just playing football on the street. I grew up on the street.
From time to time, I'm a jerk.
Sometimes it is a good thing to hear what kids have to tell you. Kids just tell the truth.
It's always good to score, and if we want to do something as a team, you need your important players to be at their best.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they play on a different galaxy.
Mentally, I'm really strong, but for maybe the first time in my life, I cried about my career because I thought it was over. When you've been out for a year, and you think it's over, you think completely differently after that. I was just looking on TV, and I wasn't able to train, and in the meantime, I had a son.
Pellegrini was the biggest factor for me to be joining West Ham.
In December, every league has a break, but in England, it is not like this.
I never said Arsenal fans were not good. I just said I saw real passion when I signed here, and I said Arsenal was a little bit different. That is the only thing I said.
Remember that before joining Arsenal, I was at Marseille where it was easy for me because I was with my family; I was born there and had played for them since I was nine. I came here on my own, and you grow up more quickly that way. It made a difference, because now I have become a man.
The World Cup is the World Cup, and I'm sad I won't play in it; that's my only regret. But to play a friendly with my national team, I did it many times, so it's not something I'm missing.
I'm not an Arsenal fan. I am not from London.
I don't make plans for my future. I have learned that you cannot predict what will happen.
Real Madrid, they are the best counter-attacking team in the world.
Of course, every game and opponent is different.
I've learned a lot over the years, but I am an honest person, and when I'm not happy, I can't fake a smile. If there is a problem, you will know straight away because you will see it on my face.
Sometimes I do things in training and think, 'Ah! I need to do that in a game. If I do I will be close to my full potential.'
Marseille has a big Muslim community. The good thing is it is a melting point: all nationalities in there. Everyone is fine with each other. It is really close to North Africa, to Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, so a lot of them come from there.
You don't forget where you came from. I came from nothing. I was in Marseille in a bad area. We didn't have anything. We were rich in love.
