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

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world. "

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

" Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I always dedicate my goals to my mum. I lost her a couple of years ago. She was my biggest supporter and is always with me. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older. "

" I come from a football family which has really helped. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love. "

" I fancy our chances at the European Championships. "