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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 fancy our chances at the European Championships. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting. "

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

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

" Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different. "