WILFRIED ZAHA

There is nothing worse than not being involved. You are sitting there thinking, 'What exactly am I? A footballer who is not playing football?' You feel a bit worthless sitting in the stands, watching all the time.

My only objective is to win.

I love it at Palace; the fans have got loads of love for me.

Everyone goes on about Manchester United all the time, but they're just another team in the final. I don't see it as anything special.

I'm just playing my football, and I will just see what the future holds for me.

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

One of my brothers, Serge, was at a couple of professional clubs on trial, including Palace when they had Ashley Cole on loan. He was a winger, though left-footed, and I learned a lot of my skills from him.

I really want to make myself a better player.

My dad used to take me to training in bangers, and we used to push the car. He would do whatever it would take, so I owe my family.

I am a different player to the one that went to Man Utd. at 20. I am 25 now; I have played a lot more games, and I understand what I am better at and what I am not good at and what I need to improve on. The player that went to Man Utd. is totally different to now.

I'm not really much of a fan of Drake. I don't know why; I'm not really keen on it. His songs just make you think about your ex! I'm more about upbeat songs! His songs are more sad most of the time!

I am with Palace, and you can see on the pitch that all I think about is the team doing well.

Just because I don't smile a lot, people think, 'Ah, yeah. He must have a bad attitude.' But if you don't know me, you don't know me. That was the problem. My face is just serious!

When I don't play well, nobody needs to say anything to me. I beat myself up.

Losing the ball is not going to help your team, so I am trying to change that.

If you watch me play, you'll see how often I get kicked. I don't go off the pitch and cut myself to act like I've been kicked.

I am a normal guy. I muck about; I play around with my nieces. The only thing is I need to be professional when I am out and conduct myself in a certain way. I still live a normal lifestyle.

Ivory Coast, even though I told them no at first, they still had the belief in me and still wanted me because they knew what I could do for the team.

Everything cannot go right all the time.

I'd never look at someone and think he's better than me, unless it's Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

Obviously if somebody scores 17 goals, you're not going to argue with him if he wants to take penalties.

I just try to do what I can for the team.

To be honest, if you are not the manager's cup of tea, you can't do anything about it.

My mum says that, when I was a couple of months old and couldn't even stand up yet, I'd try and kick a ball. She knew I'd be into football. Maybe I was just destined to do this.

People think your life's different because you've got money, you've got fame, so they don't treat you the same.