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

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

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

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

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Do The Right Thing

" In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games. "

" 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. "

" 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'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 fancy our chances at the European Championships. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "