People had said to me New York is kind of cutthroat and people walk past you on the street. I find it the opposite. I find that people want to talk.

Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.

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".

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

I come from a football family which has really helped.

I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.