I've got two girls. I like to play golf. Apart from that there's not a lot goes on in my life. So I am boring, aren't I?

There is another side to me which people don't often see, but it's very hard for me to show that. When I do interviews, I'm talking to people I don't know and when you speak to a stranger you don't open up, do you? In my position, people are always looking for something to say about me. And anything I do say, given half-a-chance they'll turn it round into something spectacular so I've got to be very careful. That's why it's only my friends and family who know the real me. Now my wife, Lainya, she could tell you a few stories.

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

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.