Quotes from Edin Dzeko

I'm just a regular guy. I have a lot of friends and love to spend my time with them.

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.

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

I know people will criticise when you play bad; that is part of this job, and I am fine with that. That is not a problem. The problem is the insults. That is what hurts the most.

Honestly, I don't know why we can't transfer the mentality we have in the Champions League to Serie A.

For the two and a half years in Italy, I can be happy with what I did.

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

Manchester City didn't pay all that money for me because they saw me once on YouTube. They saw me scoring good goals. And I haven't forgotten how to score goals.

I will continue to be a big fan of Manchester City, to whom I wish all the best and many more trophies and happiness in the future.

I always try to do my best. Sometimes is that enough to get a good result, sometimes not, but I never give up, and I never will.

I cannot hide being sorry for failing to move to Juventus.

Everybody speaks about City having lots of money, but it is not about that. It is about ambition, and I have spoken to Coach Mancini, and he told me, 'This is the best club for you.'

I've followed Roma because my friend Miralem Pjanic is here. It's a great club. I have a good relationship with Miralem.

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

I was six when the war started. It was terrible. My house was destroyed, so we went to live with my grandparents. The whole family was there, maybe 15 people all staying in an apartment about 35m square. It was very hard.

I'm not interested in money.

I'm happy I've stayed because Rome has become my home and an indelible part of my life, in an almost unreal way.

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

I am excited to play alongside players such as Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure, whom I have only seen on TV, and to be in the same team as players I have played against such as Jerome Boateng and Vincent Kompany.

I try to assist team-mates.

When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.

Never have I doubted myself, because I know what I am capable of.

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 really don't need luxury.