I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

I remember being in West Ham's youth team and seeing Jody Morris play for Chelsea at 17 and you scoring for Liverpool on your debut when you were 18. I was watching it on Soccer Saturday and I was like, "I can't believe he's scored!" It's professional jealousy. It's best to be honest about it. It gave me real desire. I was thinking "God I want that to be me".

I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.