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My family has always made clothes. Growing up I can remember sewing machines being everywhere.
Hector Bellerin
I don't get that much time to play, so when I'm with my mates, I usually only play 'CoD.'
The most important thing is that Spain have a good team no matter who plays. It is always nice to see your name spoken but the important thing is that the national team does well. But having good players for every position is important because there are always injuries, drops of form.
Football is not just about spending money.
VAR can remove injustices, but decisions need to be taken faster.
Who wants to go to a team that doesn't play players when they are young? You can't see yourself playing for that team.
It doesn't matter about the other team, when we have the ball and push hard, we can score goals. It is up to us to start the games with that desire, that motivation, and then we can get good results.
I've always been pretty quick for my whole career.
There's a lot of players who you can pick up some stuff from, not just only full-backs or defenders. Even training with the top players every week you can get good things from all of them.
I don't believe that there's a footballer out there that only thinks about football.
I doubt I'm the fastest player in the world!
Some people are born fast.
I know it's very comfortable to sit at home and stay with your family, kids and friends and not worry about anything. But with the platform we have we should be the people that scream at the social issues and put them out there so as a society we can move forward.
Each club has its own resources and its way of working.
I don't like the term streetwear. It limits self-expression in my opinion.
People don't want to be diverse, or they're scared to be diverse. People just dress a certain way to fit in but sometimes being outside of the box is the cool thing to do.
For me, Barca was where I grew up since I was tiny, from eight years old.
If you want to be in the first team you have to show how much you're worth at U21 level.
Everyone who has played in the Champions League wants to get back to playing in it again.
In fashion, everything comes and goes.
When you are asked to play for Arsenal, and for the first-team at that, it is very hard to say no.
When I used to go to school, the teachers used to say to my mum, 'Hector looks like he's going to a restaurant.' I was just that kid, I wanted to look good.
Every generation is more open to new things.
In the beginning, learning a new position is not easy.
I've learnt that money comes very quickly, but it leaves even quicker.
You make mistakes in a game, but if you come away with a win, that's all gone.
The problem is that people have an idea of what a footballer should look like, how they should behave, what they should talk about. If you act a little differently you become a target. There is pressure to conform. This is very dangerous.
Obviously, I grew up in Barcelona, and when I watch them play I want them to win. The team are always going to be in my heart.
I was taught that education is the most important thing.
Getting rid of all the food I was eating and going to this plant based diet it did take those few days to actually feel better, but when it got to the beginning of the third week I felt so good.
I'm living my life the way I want to live it, and not the way people think I should.
The important thing is to build a good team, a good block and get results from there.
If a coach comes to me and says you've done something bad I'm going to take that advice.
I don't actually know the most expensive thing I've ever bought. It would probably be a jacket, because I don't really spend that much on any other things.
My dream when I was at Barca was to play at Camp Nou and I did - just not wearing the shirt I'd expected when I was little.
When you win you're going to get fans chanting your name and when you don't do great they're going to give you stick.
As a professional athlete you have to be technical with what you eat. You have to make sure your intakes are on point every day.
It's true, when I was at Barcelona I played as a winger.
My dad was a Real Betis fan.
When you're angry you can say something you don't mean.
A lot of people think I dress to make people talk and it's not like that. I just dress how I like.
If someone from 'Arsenal Fan TV' says this guy needs to do this or that I'm not going to listen to him. They're entitled to their opinion and the way they want to do it. If people find it funny, then go watch it.
I say every year that England is my home now.
As a team, the most important thing is results.
People have called me 'lesbian' for growing my hair.
Mesut is someone who gets a lot of criticism, but the players who are around him are very happy to have him and play with him. He makes things very easy for us.
We all want to be at the top level.
In life, you should be allowed to express yourself. People are happier like this.
When you get to 16 at Barcelona, it's the age that you sign your main contract. I was about to sign that, but we knew there were a lot of other options because you always get them from other teams at that time. I didn't have the option to come to Arsenal until I was right about to sign with Barcelona.
At the beginning of the first season, you don't have that pressure to perform at 100 per cent, because it's always hard when you first start. But now, in the second season, people are expecting big things from you, so you can't really disappoint them.
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