I'm really enjoying learning new ideas because eventually I want to become a manager myself so I'm gathering all this information from managers now a….

Kids want to be professional footballers and I think they need to know what it takes to get there - you know, the dedication. People see footballers ….

Often it feels like we are at a home match when we have so many fans there. The singing, the cheering helps the players. (on Chelsea playing on the ….

I have played against (Michel) Platini, (Diego) Maradona, (Johan) Cruyff and played with George Best — a lot of big names, but none of them has been ….

No, I love it at Chelsea. I've been here since I was 14, and I'm 28 now. All my friends are here, so I'm going to stay for ever unless Chelsea tell m….

I love playing for my country. I see it as the biggest privilege of my career, so there's no way I'm going to volunteer to give that up. I want to go….

I don't envisage I will be captain again, but for two England managers, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, I was their first choice and I'm proud of t….

I had a little teddy bear called Gordon the gopher. I took him to bed with me, he'd come to school with me cos he was my favourite..

Games are not so bad because the adrenalin keeps you going, but training on a daily basis when every time you move it hurts, that is a real battle..

Politics come from man. Mercy, compassion, and justice come from God..

Paolo Maldini is someone I loved at AC Milan and looked up to as a player. I think he had so much about him. He had so much quality and he was a play….

When I was little, I didn't like being left on my own in the dark..

The manager could not even talk to us at the interval. He said we were bad..

My mum dated a guy from Liverpool. The Liverpool fans made up a song that she 'loves Scouse c*ck'.

You don't have to be captain to have an opinion..

Some of the money from the senior players goes to helping out the younger kids. It is from the players' pool, the fines for being late and so on. Som….

For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I ca….

Frank Lampard is the best ever at Chelsea and one of the best I've ever played with and against in world football today, and I think what set him apa….

I still say if the ball is there to be won I will go for it, whether with my head or whatever, and if it means us scoring or stopping a goal, I won't….

I like to play snooker, golf as well..

It's been a tough season for all of us, but all we can do is keep fighting and showing character to the end of the season.