[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.

It's my responsibility to walk around the hotel with a big smile on my face and not worry about what's happened in the last game.

I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.

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

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.

My work ethic is something that I thought would help the team.

As soon as a free kick is given and it's anywhere near the box, I get excited. I don't really concentrate what side the keeper is on, because I always think that if I catch it as well as I can, then I can beat him whichever way he goes.