What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

I just want to be as successful as I can in football.

If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.

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

There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. You listen to people who have finished and nothing replaces playing, but I'm still excited about not having to put my body through what I've put it through. And not feeling the disappointment that I feel.

I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.