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" I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through. "

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" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it. "

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

" I fancy our chances at the European Championships. "

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

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

" Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks. "

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

" 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. "

" My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13. "

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

" 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 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. "