Adebayo Akinfenwa

Kids are a product of their environment.

Sometimes it's nice to be a bit different.

Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.

Football was my saving grace so I want to let people know that you can achieve whatever you want. People like to concentrate on what you can't do, so let's preach what you can. Why would I want to talk about not being quick when I'm strong? That's what I want to get across.

People concentrate on 'oh you can't do that,' or 'you're a bit too big for that' or whatever, rather than just concentrating on what you're good at. It's about being comfortable with the skin you're in, being comfortable within your own mind.

I like being the biggest on the pitch, I don't want to look at the other guys and think his arms are bigger than mine.

People said: 'You're too big to play football,' but I kept playing and it just happened that people have caught on to me and taken to me. The nicest thing I get from it is that I can be myself and people seem to like it.

Sometimes it is tough and frustrating to sit on the bench.

To be recognised as the best in the whole world at something is an achievement.

I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.

As a player on the bench, you become like a fan really. You're sitting there shouting 'why did he do that?' or 'no don't pass it there' and I can see why fans get so frustrated. But then I remember what it is like being out there on the pitch and how players can't see everything that fans can see.

I went to bikram yoga once, it was fun, but boy was it tough.