72 Quotes by Alex Iwobi

I used to play football on the streets with my friends and ended up where I am today.

As a footballer you're committed to play for the badge, train alongside fantastic players daily and compete against some of the game's best every weekend. What more can you ask for.

Nigeria is a great footballing nation and deserves to assume her rightful place in Africa and world football and I am keen to be part of a team that achieves this goal.

Whenever something in the system changes, you have to prove yourself again. But wherever you go, you have to prove that you're better than whoever else is on the team. At a team like Arsenal, that's always going to be hard so I always have to be on it in training and matches.

Arsenal have always been one of the best clubs in the world, so to even be a part of the club from a young age I've always had to give my best.

Obviously, people in the media speak a lot when things aren't going right, but we as players do communicate with each other. Maybe it doesn't come across as being loud on the pitch - and you don't see it as much - but we do speak when things aren't going as well as planned.

Arsenal's standards are very high so I've always tried to reach that.

I seem to be like a hero to people, it's crazy.

I hope the fans know that, that I always give 100 percent for the team, for the club.