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" Every time I pull on a Madrid or Wales top, I run myself into the ground. "

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" When I go on a pitch, I just try to enjoy it as much as I can. The more you enjoy it, the better you play. "

" Whenever I get days off, I go home, or friends and family come up. I'm in contact with them every day, so it's like we live next door, but obviously we live in two different countries. Football is my job, and everyone around me has given me the opportunity to purely concentrate on football, and everyone else worries about everything else. "

" I love playing for Wales. "

" I'm a proud Welshman. "

" I was never too much into school. I liked lunchtimes and breaks, but nah, I hated sitting at a desk. I was always looking out of the window, looking at my watch, thinking about when I could play football. "

" I probably prefer Spanish football to the others. It's very technical, the way they play; they keep the ball well, and whenever Spurs have played against Spanish teams in the past, they've always made it difficult for us. "

" The one player I have looked up to since I was a kid is Ryan Giggs. "

" I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really. "

" I still mess around and joke with my family and friends like I did when I was nine or 10. For me, nothing's changed. Sure, I play football, but I try to keep my life off the pitch as simple as possible. "

" My friends and family keep me grounded. "

Friends And Family

" I don't give much thought to individual awards. "

" I don't go out, so I don't get attention from girls. They're not going to have posters of me on their walls. I just try to get on with my life. "

" I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck. "

" Whenever we're playing in front of a Welsh crowd, they really do give you that extra bit to get the win. "

" I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do. "

" As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football. "

" When you're a sub, it's a game of more than 11 players starting the game. "

" Anything is possible in football. "

Anything Is Possible

" As long as I'm playing week in week out, I'm going to become a better player. "

" I'd say that La Liga is slightly more technical than the Premier League. "

" There seems to be this thing in football where everything has to be... now! "

" Now that sports science is more advanced, we know that there are so many off-pitch factors that can affect how good you can become. If people are telling you to sleep a certain number of hours, eat specific foods, and drink a certain volume of fluids, then you have to be prepared to listen and learn. "

" I don't think I've changed since I was a little kid. "

" When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end. "

" I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis. "