Robert Green

I was a professional at Norwich for 10 years and associated with the club for nearly 15.

No matter what the figures are in the workplace in terms of wages, you either feel a valued member of your staff, or you don't.

I've played with, and against, some of the best players in the world and have experienced so much that professional football has to offer.

This is the difficulty with not picking up points away from home: the home games become that much more critical.

Kevin Hitchcock, the goalkeeping coach at QPR, is an old mate, and I came to work for him on the understanding that I was first choice. If he'd said to me, 'We're also going to sign someone who's won Serie A five times and the Champions League and is one of the biggest names in South American football,' I would have thought twice before signing.

When I first started playing at Norwich, West Brom were in the Championship, got promoted, got relegated, got promoted, got relegated, and all the time, they were building until they eventually stayed up.

You see people with a room full of their career achievements. Brilliant. Well done. That's just not something I do. They're in a bin bag in my mum and dad's loft.

Having worked with some of the characters in football and having to be nice to them - and knowing your job depends on you having to be nice to them - just doesn't appeal to me.

I'm the same as anyone else. If you are as good at a job as someone else, but they get three or four times more, you get a bit frustrated.

It's not that I don't take the job seriously. I'll do everything I can, humanly possible, to make myself better, but at the end of the day, if I don't relax and walk away from it knowing that I've done my stuff, then there's not much point.

You want to be paid. It is your job. It is like anyone else turning up at an office.

I've loved every moment and feel privileged to have enjoyed the career I have.