The more players who come through the academy and make it into the first team, that's what we want. Not just for the club but for the country. If they're young English players coming through, that's fantastic. I'm happy to be part of that.

When I was growing up, Keane and Sheringham were my idols, and they wore 10. So it was always my dream to wear it.

Beckham was a great inspiration to me growing up.

If I can be a role model, or if I can maybe make another manager play a young player coming through rather than buy a player, that's incredible.

Government and companies working together to support parents, teachers, and mentors within the community can give kids a strong background in financial literacy.

I followed Evan's career through the '90s and went to many Lemonheads concerts in N.Y.C. Since he was my best friend's family, he always felt like my family in a weird way.

My family is Anglo-Indian, and of the four children, I'm the only one who wasn't born in India.

The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.