Olivier Giroud

I know when I am good and when I am not good. I don't need anyone to tell me.

One thing is sure: I really enjoyed my five years at Arsenal.

The Premier League is my main target.

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.

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

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.

Why did I choose Arsenal rather than Chelsea? Because it is a club I love, and I thought it would be easier for my adaptation.

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

I have created a shell around me, in the good and the bad moments.

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.

It's important to keep improving.

I feel really good at Arsenal.

Chelsea is a strong team defensively, and they are quite efficient up front with great players, so I think I will enjoy it.

For me the relationship you have with the coach is very important.

I think communication is massive in football and in all sports in general.

When I put my head in my hands after missing a chance, that annoys the coaches a little.

When people are talking about a player to come and take your place, you take it personally because it's your position.

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.

There is always room for improvement, but I am happy with what I am doing on the pitch.

I work hard in training to be ready.

If I play, I try to give my best for the team.

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

It's nice to be cheered, but I'll always have a good attitude on the pitch.

I know too well how much I am going to miss football after my career for me to put up my own barriers.

I am a competitor, and I want to win again and again.

I love London! But the thing I love the most is the Premier League.

The Champions League is massive for a football player. There is nothing above it when you're playing for a club.

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%.

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.

You always have to work hard and keep the faith.

Arsene Wenger gave me the possibility to bounce back.

As a striker, what you got used to on a daily basis, it is to be applauded when you score goals. When the opposite happens, it's difficult.

Everybody gets criticised one day.

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.

You have to communicate - you have to click - to find automatic reactions with your teammates.

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

It's a massive club, and I am proud to sign for Chelsea, and I'm looking forward to playing.

I have a very good contract at Chelsea, but Dortmund really wanted me.

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.

When you are a striker like me, you always play for the teammates.

I don't have an inferiority complex.

I wanted to stay in the Premier League, and Chelsea was a great opportunity for me.

It takes time to adapt to become an Arsenal player.

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

Diego Costa doesn't show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.

When you are a striker, you need to give a lot of effort for the team, to keep the opponent under pressure, to press them, to win the ball fast - that's what I try to do to help the team. After that, I try to make some goals.

We don't have the money of the Manchester clubs or Chelsea. Arsenal builds its team through training, through recruiting players who can become something. Arsenal has less money than some other clubs, so we have to fight with other values.

I always work on my mind and my game.

I always give everything for my team.

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.