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" Being faster would probably make me better at football. "

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" Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves. "

" I loved reading Roald Dahl when I was young but I had forgotten a lot about the books. I read the 'BFG' on the iPad the other day and it was so interesting to see his descriptions of clothes and places. "

" I have made lots of mistakes on and off the pitch, and you can only learn from them. If I can get that across, then hopefully I am doing something right. "

" You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win. "

" I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football. "

" I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic. "

" I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays. "

" I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through. "

" I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges. "

" I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character. "

" When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering who's performing better, you take your eye off the ball. "

" Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories. "

" I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate. "

" Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal. "

" When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer. "

" Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals. "

" If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is. "

Do The Right Thing

" I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused. "

" Scoring goals is the best feeling you can have. I always look up at the stand for my family straight afterwards; it means everything to me that they travel to every game. "

" I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best. "

" There's that talent thing where I can score goals, and there's also that want and ambition to keep doing it and doing it and doing it. I've seen a lot of players do it for a year and then they rest on their laurels, but I've been very driven throughout my career. Without being the most talented, I think I've tried to make the most of it. "

" The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well. "

" People can talk about my age for as long as they like. There is nothing better in football than proving people wrong, and I'll try to do that for as long as I can. "

" I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I always know they're going to want to talk football if 'Talksport' is on the radio. "

" Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype. "

" Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are. "

" I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is. "

" I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games. "

" To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be. "