You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.

If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.

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

A lot of people have lost interest in watching England play. To get motivated to watch international football, you need your country to be having some form of success and England haven't had any for a long time now.

[Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.

The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.

England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers