When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.

You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.

When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.

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.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

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

Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling.