Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Wilshere

I want to be Arsenal captain.

My perfect formation would be 4-3-3 with one holding and then the two going forward. I would be one of the ones going forward.

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

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.

Certain things come naturally, and tackling wasn't one of them; I'd sometimes go a bit over the top when I was younger.

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

Sometimes a manager can only do so much, as in prepare a team, and then the team have to go out there and perform.

All of a sudden, when you're injured, you realise everything revolves around your core. It's crucial for balance and absorbing impact.

I think every manager is the same. Three days before the Premier League starts, every manager is selfish that way. They want the players fit and ready.

Playing with people like Cesc Fabregas makes it easy for you. He will talk to you and talk you through games.

If you've lived in England for five years, for me, it doesn't make you English.

The criticism that Arsene gets is just a joke.

Lionel Messi is on a different planet to anyone.

I'm always in contact with my manager at Arsenal, who has been a big part of my career, and I'll always talk to him.

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.

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

Owen Coyle was great to me.

To be playing against people like Xavi and Iniesta is brilliant.

As a player, if your attitude is questioned, it's horrible.

My kids, since birth, have been dairy- and gluten-free.

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.

I like to play anywhere in the middle.

I know the best way to recover and get the right amount of sleep.

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.

It's every kid's dream to represent their country at a World Cup.

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

It's a dream to play for England, so if I'm selected, I'd look forward to playing. But it's down to the powers above me.

I am willing to go abroad if the right opportunity comes up.

Some players have got their price, but, to be honest, that's not the way I look at the game.

If I'm on the bench in a Premier League game, I'm thinking, 'What can I do coming off the bench?'

The Arsenal fans are great; every week they are 60,000, and the away support is fantastic.

I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I'm going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.

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.

To play in the Champions League is an experience a player of 33 may not have had in his whole career. To be doing that at 18... well, it's such a bonus.

My family have always been West Ham fans, so growing up, I used to go and watch them, and so I was a West Ham supporter.

I want to go to the World Cup and enjoy it.

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 know my body better. I know how to be more professional. I know how to get myself ready for the games, which is the most important thing.

I went to Bournemouth and had a great time. The idea was just to prove to myself that I can still play at that level.

With Arsenal, I've been playing out wide, which is not me.

Obviously I want to win things, and I want to do it with Arsenal.

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

It doesn't 'hurt' me, hearing criticism from ex-players. It probably disappoints me a little bit more.

I am happy at Arsenal.

Loyalty is a big part of football, and it shows if you are a real man or not.

The best player I ever played with is probably Cesc Fabregas. I only got to play with him for a year before he went back to Barcelona, but I learned so much from him - the way he knew what he was going to do with the ball before he got it and his passing - and he scored goals.

Nothing goes through your head when you're playing except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game.

I've had a bond with West Ham since growing up as a kid, going to Upton Park, looking up to the players.

I know my body well. I know the right foods to eat.

The only people who should play for England are English people.

It's good to be around an English manager.

Players and people make mistakes.

The intensity of the Premier League is incredible. The levels of fitness you have to reach just to survive in it is absurd.

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

All I think about is playing at the highest level and in the top competitions so I can measure myself against the best in the world.

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

We have loyalty at Arsenal, and players have shown that in the past.

When I was young at Arsenal, you take it for granted, playing all the time.

I don't think you can put into words the feelings you get playing week in and week out.

If you don't believe in yourself, then who is going to believe in you?