I speak all my languages basically every day with the people in the dressing room, and it's a pleasure to be able to do so. On the pitch, if it's a group of players I'm trying to communicate with, then I use English because you need to make sure everyone understands what you are saying.

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If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.

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goalkeeper question always team

In a way, the manager plays as big part, but you, as a player, are on the pitch. He cannot make you run if you don't want to; he cannot make you make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

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moment you decision way

Who is the best goalkeeper in the world? It's always hard to choose because there are so many great goalkeepers.

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choose best great world

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

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you work football world

Buffon may be a bit smaller, but he has everything that you want from a great goalkeeper. He relays his confidence to his defence, and they feel that they have a great keeper behind them. Everybody can make mistakes, but his consistency level is amazing. You never see him have a bad game.

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game great you confidence

Once the surgeon said the skull is strong enough with the helmet on, I decided to return to training with the team.

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training team strong enough

My father has a book where, ever since I started playing games... he wrote down the games that I played in. And then, when I did my website, we thought that was a really good idea, that people can keep track of my games.

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good father book people

The connection between the Soviet Union and Czech people - or Czech politicians - was very big. It was like a model country for us. But it wasn't the best model, so a lot of Czechs don't like to speak about Russia or the Soviet Union.

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best speak country people

As a player, it's better to wait a moment for the correct call than be let down by an incorrect call.

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wait down better moment

It's normal in a top club that people change.

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people-change top change people

Now the ambulance is always ready; the paramedics are always ready. People in the crowd can get help without risk. If you look at the Fabrice Muamba case, this is what helped save his life - the paramedics are there.

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look you life people

You have to have respect for money, but sometimes you get people who stop thinking about their career, and for them, it is just a case of saying, 'Look at me. I have a lot of money now, and I can do whatever I want.' I wouldn't do that.

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me you respect money

I don't like running that much, and during the off-season, I have to do it, but if I can replace it with tennis, it is better.

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better like tennis i-can

There are so many things that a goalkeeper coming to the Premier League has not experienced in a different league.

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coming goalkeeper things different

Arsenal is a team who challenge for the top and definitely match my ambitions and personal motivation.

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challenge personal motivation team

I had a depressed skull fracture. A few pieces of bone went in quite deep; that was the biggest danger.

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skull bone deep danger

Sometimes in the Premier League, you are in a game where you can't play nice football because you just wouldn't win it.

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game win you football

If you take the autobiographies of great sports people, they are almost always the same. They start with zero; they are always ambitious, know what they want to do in life, and have the confidence to do it.

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you confidence sports life

When I was in high school, I started learning English as my second foreign language, but my level of English at that time was very average.

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learning language time school

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

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best you trust work