Looking at me from the outside, it is not very obvious, I know half my family is black and I feel close to their culture and their color.

I've always had people come up to me to say that they admire the way I play, and then they tell me they're not United fans. That's always been nice.

Nelson Mandela is my hero outside of football. I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times. He was really clued up on his football and he knew me, so that was just unbelievable. It really stuck with me.

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.

In my career, there've been three stages really. There's been the stage when you come into a team, you don't feel the nerves, you just go out and play. Then through your 20s you start thinking a lot more about the games and what's at stake. And then, as you get more experienced towards the end of your career, you enjoy it a lot more and you're a lot more relaxed.

When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.