If you approach a player with respect, he will give you that respect back, but sometimes fans are just critical.

The past can influence the future. When you finish one chapter, you open another, which will be influenced by what you've just lived through.

You can get racially abused 10 times before you even reach the football stadium. If you've been confronted every day with something like that, it's hard. This is not about people playing the 'race card.' This is a reality that people like to sweep under the carpet.

Gerrard is passionate, and he leads from the front. At times, he has lifted Liverpool to great wins almost single-handedly.

When I was growing up, I wasn't particularly great at anything. I was in my own world, and my teachers felt I'd never reach my potential. Even in sports, I'd only play team games because I felt I was not good enough to outshine anyone.

I understand being second-guessed and stuff when an injury happens - certainly I understand that - but that's football.

It ticks me off to hear people say, 'Hey man, at your age you don't look like you're slowing down a bit.' Like, can I just be a football player? Why does the 33 age have to coincide with me when you talking football?

Decision making is always top of the tree when it comes to the big football clubs and where it takes you.