I come from a football family which has really helped.

To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be.

I think about all my successes and failures and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.

There's a few ugly ones. Carlo is probably the best looking [on chelsea players]

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.

I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true.

I always wanted to be a winner, to score goals. There was no massive bravery in terms of my mum passing away and stepping up. I just wanted to score. I know everyone would have given me a pass on it if I hadn't taken it. But I'd have had the hump with myself if I'd shirked it.