I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.

I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'.

I'd like to play for Newcastle United before I retire. The club is in my blood.

You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.

It does not bother me that some say I'm dull and boring because the people that do know me will tell you a different story. It is very difficult to be open with people you don't know. There is nothing I can do about the fact that the real me does not get across and it is probably difficult to know the real me.

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.

If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it.