Like any parent, I just want the best for my kids, whatever they decide to do. They will choose what path they want to follow, and we will always be there to encourage them.

[Meeting Mandela] was the highlight of my career; to meet such a great man and a strong man and such a passionate man about sport and life will always stay with me.

I am always going to have problems with the paparazzi. I have had two men outside my house for the last two years, which is frightening at times, but that is my life unfortunately.

I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.

We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.

I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not.

As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.