It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!

To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career...

I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.

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

The buzz is still with me. I get goose bumps.

At the end of the day, I'm a footballer who has played at some of the biggest football clubs in the world and played with some of the best players in the world.

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.