My weight doesn't really fluctuate, but I make sure I don't eat late at night. It's about making sure I'm right physically because mentally I'm OK..

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew th….

As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when….

Looking at me from the outside, it is not very obvious, I know half my family is black and I feel close to their culture and their color..

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job..

I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics….

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?.

When Cristiano Ronaldo gets the ball, you can just leave him to it while he beats player after player..

Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before y….

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager ki….

Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see hi….

We will go back to playing like Manchester United..

Messi is probably the best player of the last 20 years..

European football games or evening games seem to take a lot more out of you because you don't sleep that night. And as you get older, it gets worse..

I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship….

If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in..

He is the best passer of a ball in the world, and Real's style fits him. (on David Beckham).

A lot of people don't know that my father is black.

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am..

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships….

I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal..