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" I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me. "

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

" 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. "

" A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all. "

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

" I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now. "

" I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side. "

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

" 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. "

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

" For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction. "

" Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats. "

" 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. "

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" I think about all my successes and failures, and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on. "

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

" 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. "

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" I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years. "