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

Having grown up watching Barcelona, Elen gets a bit annoyed watching me if I don't do flicks and tricks like Ronaldinho. I have to explain you can't do that all the time in a game!

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

I loved reading Roald Dahl when I was young but I had forgotten a lot about the books. I read the 'BFG' on the iPad the other day and it was so interesting to see his descriptions of clothes and places.

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.

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.