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To show respect for the opponent is to go and kill with every single action. That is the way you show it. You need to be aggressive. That is how I understand football.

We have short memories in football.

My life is 24 hours talking about football. For me, it is every conversation, every action. It is my life, my passion.

I always said anything is possible in football if you have faith and quality.

I am not the victim, and I won't be the victim in football or life.

What is going to happen tomorrow, I don't know, but I will always tell you 'football is football.' Football will put you in your place always.

For me, family and football are the most important things. They are in the same level.

I think relationships, when it comes to a football team, are very important. I don't think it gets talked about enough, but when you're out on the football field, doing what we're asked to do each and every day, it takes a lot of trust.

You know, I do enjoy the game of football. I've been around it my entire life so I'll always be a fan and I always have an appreciation for the guys that are out there and what they're doing.

I came from a long line of football players.

I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.

I don't take a whole lot of damage as a fighter, but it happened in football.

My short-term memory isn't great. I don't get headaches, but I know that the damage from football is done.

There's no point in playing underage football until you are 23. You've got to be able to play in games, cope in men's football and that almost certainly means that you have to go to the lower leagues.

You can be 19 or 20 and playing reserve team football, be able to say 'I played at,' say, 'Manchester United,' even though you have no actual first team appearances. But there are 19- and 20-year-olds at League Two level with 100 appearances under their belts. I know which one I'd rather be.

I have always said that the BVB style is exactly how I want to play football.

Fundamentally, England, Spain and Germany were the relevant leagues I could see myself playing football in.

There was a time when I thought, 'God, this whole football thing might not work out for me.'

I had a season of U23s football and I played in almost every game. For me, at that time I needed to move on. I didn't need to play another year of U23s and it wouldn't have helped me.

I am someone that loves football. Any opportunity to play or be involved, I'll be ready.

I think of the passion that the country has - not just for football but the passion everybody has to be from England. That's how I am as well.