Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love.

I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know?

I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already.

I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't understand me.

An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.

To say that I haven't been motivated to play is absolute nonsense.