My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?

I'm not silly enough to think I'm going to change the whole culture ... but I do have a belief that soccer can go to a different level.

I've always come back from adversity, and I've always had the mentality of proving people wrong.

Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that and are hurt more than people realise.

Nothing amazes me anymore.

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.