When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel.

If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education.

When I was going off to training and matches at Arsenal, my mum wouldn't be on the side cheering me on: she'd be working so I'd have football boots. I saw that you had to work hard if you wanted to do anything in life.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.