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

My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.

I have a great family, good friends, a nice girlfriend, my own house. I have got everything how I want it to be.

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.

I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.

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

[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.