Quotes from Jack Wilshere

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.

Arsenal means every thing to me. I've been here since I was nine and I love the Club.

I've always loved representing my country, and it's something I've missed.

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.

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.

I have had bad luck with injuries, but I can't keep saying I've been injured a lot.

Sometimes it's been difficult to stay positive, especially after the injuries that I've had, which have been frustrating.

It's impossible for one player to play the whole year. I've learnt that myself, and you're always bound to get injuries.

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 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.

Once I'm at the training ground, I'm focused, preparing for the next game.

When you are injured - and injured for a while - it is hard. You have to go to the training ground and watch everyone go out to play.

When you go to the training ground day after day, there's times when you don't want to do it, especially when you see all the boys go out to training.

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.

Josh McEachran is a great player.

The aim every season is to challenge for the top four and try to win a trophy.

Lionel Messi is on a different planet to anyone.

Look at the best dribblers in the world, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, and the ball seems to stick to their foot, so I can work on that when I am dribbling.

I haven't eaten junk food since I was 11, but I'm not teetotal: I have a drink maybe once a month.

If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England, really.

Of course there's going to be expectations when you're playing well in the national team. But you just have to deal with that.

To spend 17 months on the sidelines is tough for anyone, and it's hard to see everyone go out training and then to go and watch games at the Emirates Stadium.

It's difficult when you have a new baby but, at the same time, a nice distraction.

Football never stops, and that's why you need a big squad.