Quotes from Olivier Giroud

I am here to win trophies, you know, to help the team to reach our targets. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to bring my small thing to the big machine. You know, for Chelsea.

You have to have faith in your own qualities; that is part of being a footballer: being strong in your head. That is more than half of the quality you need to be a football player.

I've always been lucky enough to have made the right decisions, if I can say that. I've always felt that I've had good fortune in that way.

I don't want to big myself up, but goals like mine leave a mark on history because they're rare.

You need to have a great way of life - you have to eat well, to sleep well.

Fortunately, I'm OK with my body. I try to take care of it. I played a lot of games over a season for several years, so, touch wood, I will stay fit and healthy.

The main thing is to work hard. When you work hard, you'll be in the team. It's as simple as that. And that's what I'm going to do, put my head down, work hard, and see where it takes me.

You always have to work hard and keep the faith.

I work hard in training to be ready.

I have certain values. I know where I come from. I am a hard worker. I'm conscious of my luck.

Second seasons are always better. In the first year, I felt a little bit of pressure. Maybe sometimes I didn't play naturally. I didn't feel relaxed on the pitch when I was ready to try something. It's complicated to explain.

If you are good on the pitch, good in training, you will have your chance. I'm not worried about my place.

It's nice to be at the top, but the most difficult thing is to stay at the top.

David Beckham is a top man. I love the guy and what he can show in terms of style as well. He's really classy, an icon.

It's important to keep improving.

It was frustrating at Arsenal, obviously. For a year and a half, it went from bad to worse. I could no longer continue like that. I could not bring myself to spend another year at Arsenal and remain a reserve, even a second reserve.

The fact is that the coach wanted to recruit a new striker, and with Aubameyang's signing at Arsenal, there were three top strikers, and that's why I decided to leave.

Arsenal is a great club - the facilities are wonderful - but I feel it is a club that takes big care before signing a player, notably considering human values.

I don't have an inferiority complex.

When you make the decision to join a great club, you know there is already a great forward.

As for myself, in sport you have to question yourself every week and be ready in your head, and you have to be at 100% of determination if you want to keep going and win games; you cannot afford to be at 80% or 90%.

Football, if I can say, is an everlasting new beginning. You always question yourself, but you have to be ready not just mentally but physically as well. You have to be fit and take care of your body.

My ambition is to win some trophies. That's why I am playing football.

After an injury, I think you have to be strong mentally.