You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs; the acid test is how you handle the downs.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

I hate to admit this but I don't even know how to make a cup of tea or coffee. I can boil a kettle for a pot noodle and I've been known to warm up some food in the microwave.

Give me a great Champions League game or an exciting Premier League game ahead of an international match and I'd love that to reverse. A lot of people have lost interest in England games, it is quite hard to watch.

There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.

I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.

If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three or four goals per game is a good spectacle.