LUKASZ FABIANSKI

I had some poor matches, but nobody's perfect.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

I think that's the worst thing that can happen, when you start thinking too much. I don't like that so I just talk to my players because then you do not have time to think.

Swansea invested in me. They took a chance on me because I was a second-choice goalkeeper with not much experience when it comes to Premier League games.

It's tricky because obviously when you join a new club, from the very first day, everyone looks at you and tries to see if you are good enough. That's more or less what you have to go through. Then the other thing is that when I signed for West Ham nobody told me I was going to be number one.

I have the idea that when you put yourself through hard, detailed training, and you put a lot of attention into all the little details - the analysis of the opposition, the movement and understanding of the game, the way your opponent plays - then you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes.

Even when there was a difficult time for me I was always focused on my job or I was always working hard. That is the only way I think you can achieve something.

When there is a mistake in the game, or even half a mistake, I think I'm quite smart enough to know that I could have, and should have, done better in the situation.

Before my last year at Arsenal, when we won the FA Cup, I was really up and down, never really consistent, and never really put my mark on the team. I understand that then there were question marks over my name.

I've had some bad moments in my career and maybe I started to really understand the game a bit later than some.

I think all the people I met at the club at Swansea, they deserved the respect they showed me over the time I was there.

Of course, I made some mistakes as Arsenal goalie but I am sure that people also remember that I was unlucky with injuries.

There is no comfort zone. You continue to work hard, to be consistent and to deliver performances.

I just like documentaries.

Since I moved to the U.K., it has been ten years almost, I have never had any issue. My boy, Jan, was born in London and people have been great to me. I have been really happy living here.

There were periods when I was first-choice keeper and was starting to consolidate my position when out of the blue I got injured. It happened a few times and it really unsettled me.

I don't really like talking too much about myself, but I have this feeling that it's all clicking for me. It's all coming together.

For me, it is a dream come true to play in the Premier League as a No. 1 goalkeeper.

I've heard stories about keepers who couldn't stand each other. Everyone in football has a big ego and we all think we should play. But it is not up to me that I or the other goalie is not playing.

People watch me because I am a footballer, not because I wear a nice watch.

You go into every game knowing that somebody wants to compete with you and take your place. There is no easy option and you always have to prove yourself.

Arsene Wenger gave me the belief to keep working and competing. He was not talking to me every day, 'I believe in you,' but it was every now and again. The right amount.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

You make mistakes to learn from them.

Having grown up in Poland, it is a dream come true for me to be playing every week in the Premier League as the No. 1 goalkeeper.