I came to Leverkusen as a very young player and didn't have many Bundesliga games back then. I wasn't well known.
You come into the NBA, dudes are trying to come after you. You're a rookie. They look at you as fresh meat.
It doesn't always click for a new player in a new team: you don't always go in and hit the ground running and score all the time.
I came into the league in '94.
Rampone and the other experienced players gave me plenty of support when I first came into the national team in 2013.
I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression.
When I think of Xabi, my mind goes back to the first training session he had at Melwood in August 2004. And the same word always leaps out: wow! Rafa Benitez had talked him up before he arrived and immediately you understood.
It's difficult when you start to play football. My boots were much worse.
When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.
Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.
A big player coming in can change the dynamics of the dressing room, upset the rhythm of the team and end up doing more harm than good.
Vincent Janssen has come in and done very well. He's a great player and different type of player to me.
I am delighted to have signed for Manchester United, one of the most famous clubs in the world.
As a rookie, they don't really know your name.
Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.
