When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy ... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.

The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.

I wouldn't go in a fast food outlet even to use the toilet.

I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.

I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that.

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.