I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. In so many ways Scholes is my favourite.

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.

Tottenham have impressed me. They haven't thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun.

Im looking forward to the World Cup because I believe Wayne Rooney could be one of the major finds in world football.

I love watching little Paul Scholes, he's so in control of what he's doing and is always so accurate and pinpoint with his passing - it's just beautiful to watch.

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

Duncan Edwards is the one person who, even today, I really felt inferior to. I've never know anybody so gifted and strong and powerful with the presence that he had.