I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.

When I look back, I didn't enjoy any of the big games. I didn't enjoy any of the finals. You enjoy lifting the trophy and the celebrations. But it was always the next game.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.