Ive known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

Do you have the heart to push yourself? If you don't, find a way to get it because talent will only get you so far. You've got to be hungry. You've got to have heart. That's just reality.

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

To be the key player in creating and scoring goals, that's what I take pride in, and the thing I know how to do best.

Its not like you make a decision and everything inside you is 100 percent happy.

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.