Soccer is a magical game.

I've got my wife. I've got my four kids. I've got parents, grandparents still, and three really good friends. It's all you need. I'd rather have three really good friends than 20 good friends.

In Spain people have lunch and dinner a lot later - when I return to England I'll have to eat alone at midnight.

That goal [in the 1998 World Cup] changed me-not as a person, but as a player. People have looked at me differently ever since. It gave me confidence and now I feel I can achieve anything.

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

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

I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.