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

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 feelin….

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

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

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..

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

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea..

I think about all my successes and failures and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on..

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

I'm like everyone else: I want to play every game, but it's not possible..

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

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….

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 t….

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 throug….

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

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something..

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

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

I remember being in West Ham's youth team and seeing Jody Morris play for Chelsea at 17 and you scoring for Liverpool on your debut when you were 18.….

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 co….

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