I had problems growing up. I had a sudden growth spurt at 15 or 16, and I got a lot of injuries as a result. I gained all this muscle, and my bones couldn't cope. I used to get so tired.

I'm not one to bow under immense pressure. I know how to deal with it. As a youth player growing up and playing for England, you deal with it then and get used to it. You just carry on into the bigger stages, and it has become natural to me.

As a youth player, I played for England and got used to it, and I have just to carry it on to the bigger stage.

I'm glad I came to Palace because I am getting the game time I wanted. I am also learning to fight with some good players.

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

I needed to let go of the idea of a God who was mad at me for feeling how I was feeling. Now, I bask in an understanding of the divine that delights in truth and the complexities of the human experience - even when it's not very 'clean.'

God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.

It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.