I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football..

As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age..

I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me ….

We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game..