I love Barbados, it's really relaxing.

Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a ­manager would be my first choice.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time.

To me, Paul Scholes was in a class of his own.

If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings