Joe Hart

I've got a lot of energy and a lot of passion.

I've always found that you can enjoy your life a lot more if you can get on with people. If I don't get on with someone, I don't necessarily go out of my way to be best friends, but you learn as you grow up how to get on with people.

Criticism certainly doesn't affect my life, and whatever the pundits have called me, I'm sure they have been called a lot worse in their day.

I keep my focus on the stuff that matters to me, and that is pretty much how I live my life.

I was a bowler - left arm, smash it down as fast as I could. I did a lot of work with Damian D'Oliveira, and I probably had a chance of doing that for a living. But when I reached 16, I knew I couldn't carry on playing both football and cricket, and I was already in the Shrewsbury squad.

Not everyone is going to like you, not everyone is going to want to play you, and that's the business side of it, which I've grown into and I'm certainly not going to take personally.

Football is a business, at the end of the day.

It's difficult to make predictions in the Premier League, as unpredictable things can happen, and I know that well: I won the title in a crazy way and lost one unexpectedly.

Some of my closest friends, the England lads, have played in the Champions League, so it's a big thing to be there as well.

I've got quite a few people who I hold close to my heart and I trust, and a lot of footballing opinions that I care about.

I'll keep supporting. I'll be an England fan no matter what, and I'll stay true to my word.

I'm grateful to Torino because they offered me a true, solid opportunity.