Jamie Vardy

You hear players in the past say that it's just a job for them, but for me, it is nothing like that. I literally wish I could play football every day.

Competition for places can only benefit you. If you know you've got that much competition, then you're just going to have to work that extra bit harder so you can catch the gaffer's eye.

No one can take their place or their England shirt for granted. If I want to be in that squad, I need to keep banging in the goals to make sure I stay in the manager's plans.

The word 'racist' is a permanent stain against my name. It's worse than a criminal record. Some people will never forgive me. Others will accept I made a terrible mistake and recognise I have learnt from it. It's on YouTube when my kids type in their dad's name, and it comes up 'Jamie Vardy racist'. On Google, too. It's horrible.

I don't really leave the house. Literally, I train, come home, look after the kids, the dogs, my missus... then it's time to go to bed.

My diet is not unorthodox. I just eat like anyone else - that's just how I am. Everyone is different. It is just my metabolism that keeps me this slim.

A friend got attacked outside a nightclub just for being deaf. I stuck up for him but ended up getting in a bit of a trouble myself. I played with a tag at Stocksbridge. I had a little curfew. Luckily, it didn't stop me playing football. Being put on a tag, I could have lost playing football again.

I like a drink and enjoy being Jack the Lad. I've had a few scraps and spent a night in a cell.

I am so proud of what I've achieved personally, but without the lads around me, nothing would have been possible.

The best present I've ever given someone is myself. I've given it to everyone.

I love a good paella, so I'd love to be able to know how to cook one.

For Secret Santa a few years ago, I bought one of the lads I used to play with a block of cheese.