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I believe I can be a great player for Manchester United.
How can I be a great football player when you're not happy with yourself?
I want to improve myself; I believe I can be a big player in the Premier League.
Being a fringe player is not the role I want.
Over the years, I have really figured out what works for me. It's not about what anyone else is doing. I can't worry about whether I am doing everything that another player is doing, which can be hard sometimes. I have to trust my training and know my body and figure out what will get the best out of me.
Yes, I have had to play a lot of domestic games, which in hindsight has helped me a lot. Playing those games helped me become a better player.
Ranji trophy is the kind of tournament that really tests you as a player, you are going to play 8 games over two and a half months - even 10-11 games if you make the knockouts.
As a domestic player, if you are put in international cricket, it is the runs and the confidence from that you take that is important.
As a player I understand that there will be many ups and downs in the career.
I'm fortunate to be a player who can do a lot of things well. Not everything perfectly, but several things well.
I think all the players need coaching; if you do not push the player, they are going to be too comfortable. Always, you need to push.
To be a player is so difficult.
When you play for Barcelona, there is always pressure to win - you play for something special. It's the same when you player for Tottenham; the names are not important.
Obviously, if you win a trophy, like I won when I was a player, it's a moment to celebrate. For me - this is my mentality, and I don't want to say it's right or wrong - I love to celebrate in private and not make it public. I love to celebrate the things with your team-mates.
There are things you can do as a player to make sure you keep yourself warm. Obviously, continue moving on the sidelines when you're not in the game, utilize modern technology with the heated benches.
The reality is no player plays forever so at some point in time, you have to have pillars that you stand upon that are not going to fall regardless of who's in or out.
When I got to the NFL, I was a below-average player. I was lucky to get in, to a certain extent, and I was lucky to make my place.
You can be as good as you want but if someone likes a different player for whatever reason you have to respect that and hope eventually you get the chance and then take it and stay there.
Whenever a ball is played backwards, make the right decision, back a player to pick you out, so there a lot of ways players can take responsibility on the pitch.
As a player I have to be ultra-careful, especially in supermarkets. How often does somebody pick up something, realize they don't want it and put it back for someone else to touch. So yes, I put my mask and gloves on to be safe because you don't want to get ill, do you?
Every player, they should sit down and have a meeting. They should agree, 'this is how we play Nadal, this is how we play Federer, this is how we play Djokovic.' Then, all try to play them the same way. The right way. First you have to play the right way, then you need to play well.
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