When you're a young boy, you don't think; you just go for it. When you have more experience, you have to play more with your head.

I never played any games like this in Germany, not when you have to fight for 90 minutes. But if I want to be successful in England, I have to get used to it.

I never want to stop, and I want to try to be even better.

I owe Wolfsburg everything. Without them, I would not have had the chance to play for Manchester City or Roma.

For every player, it is important to be fit and have a good pre-season behind him.

Working hard, I hope to achieve the things I did in Manchester with Roma.

Of course, there is no greater honour than to captain your own country.

My motto has always been, 'Never give up.'

If we start the season with negative thinking, we'd never win anything.

After I finish with football, I will definitely go home. I won't stay in England, but I like it here, and I'm happy I'm doing what's best to give everything on the pitch, and then when I can, I relax. But the only bad thing is here maybe the rain is much more than in my country, but everything else I am happy with.

If you do not play well, it is normal that they criticise you. But criticism is part of the game, so you accept it.

Every time I see a paper, for what seems like a year or more, there is a story saying that I am leaving City or that I want to go. But I've never said that, so the stories don't come from me. I've always wanted to stay at City and fight for my place.

I am genuinely flattered by Chelsea's interest. It's a club I really respect, and hold in great esteem.

Of course we all dream about doing big, playing for big clubs, but I wanted to play football because of the love for the game.

When you score in the first minutes, everything changes.

War made my everyday problems seem much smaller, and when it is hard sometimes, I just remember that it could be much worse.

Shevchenko was always the favourite player for me. He was my idol. When we met, we exchanged shirts and talked for a while. It was great.

If you win, you must be a good team.

That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn't I?

I still have a home in Sarajevo, and there is a room where the walls are covered with football jerseys. One is a Milan shirt with Shevchenko's name and number on the back. It is an original from one of his Serie A appearances, and he has autographed it. It has pride of place. It really is my prized possession.

I don't like to talk too much about differences between managers.

We want to show the world that even if you go through some bad periods, you always have to think positive just to go forward.

Chelsea is a great team with some amazing players.

I've always tried to help younger players and to talk with everyone.

I have spent some of the best moments of my career at Manchester City, moments that I will never forget.

Nothing compares to Rome. Nothing. People there are crazy about football - in a positive way.

Since I left, I follow every City game in every competition, and it's just natural for me because I feel it is still my club, even if I'm not there anymore.

For every striker, it's important to have the confidence of the coach.

I can just remember what I have seen, and then I often think about how I do well throughout the match, and then, if I miss one chance, everyone talks about the miss. Only that.

I think the No. 9 will always be in football. You need the proper No. 9s in football; that's my opinion.

English Premier League is much harder and quicker, and also, the referees are totally different because in England, they don't whistle after every small contact like in Germany.