I'm a born winner.

You don't enter a competition not to win it.

It is always disappointing to obviously concede.

If I do well for my club, I will get recognition.

I've been watching 'Power.' I've been hooked on it.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.

People saying I dive doesn't affect me at all. Not one bit.

Things can be dissected too much. It's football. Go and play.

I just want to do well in every game that I'm picked to play.

I've been a versatile player since I started playing football.

A lot's been said about me playing for three different managers.

If I'm asked to play a certain position, I'll do it 100 per cent.

Of course I have aspirations and ambitions to play for my country.

When you play for Manchester United, the pressure's on every week.

It's about taking the game to the opposition, always believing in yourself.

It's never easy in the Champions League, but you never know what can happen.

Everyone has got to be prepared and ready to play when the manager calls on you.

When Martin O'Neill spent £9m on me to take me to Villa, it was a massive boost.

I've always got that determination, to get back in the squad and get back playing.

I'm just the same as everyone - I can remember, growing up, watching the World Cup.

I'm just concentrating on my football. I'm not thinking about the length of my contract.

It's up to me to use my brain, be clever, find the pockets of space, and get on the ball.

When you lose a game, there's obviously disappointment, and you want a game straight away.

Everything that moved, I was kicking it. You can ask my mum and dad. A stone, a can, whatever.

I've come through it and seen people in football that are sharks. They are ones to stay away from.

Different managers play different systems, and you've got to be able to play in different positions.

If you are in the team, there is always going to be someone biting away at your heels trying to get in.

I've had the same hunger, the same desire to win, since I started kicking a football when I was five years old.

Players have to adapt nowadays, and if you have a good football brain, if you can read the game, you can manage it.

I'm a versatile player, can play in numerous positions, and I have a good football brain, even if it is getting older.

It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.

If you can't find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether.

I was 11 years old and was racially abused on the pitch. It was obviously disappointing to hear it at such a young age.

Things happen on football pitches. Once the game is finished, you don't need to talk afterwards. That's just how it is.

I've always wanted to represent my country. It's an honour to do so, and whenever I get that chance, I'll keep doing it.

Once you look back on your career when it's over, you can say, 'This is what I achieved,' or, 'This is what I'm driving.'

I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.

I've shown I am deserving to be in the England squad, but I don't just want a place in the squad; I want to be in the team.

I'm not one of those players who talks about things off the field. It's about what trophies and titles and cups you've won.

My dad worked in the IT industry, although I haven't got a clue what he did. He always tells me but it just goes over my head.

A friend is not only someone who you can confide in, it is someone who can mirror the trust you have shown by confiding in you as well.

I think age is just a number - if you are young enough, you are old enough - as long as you are good enough, age shouldn't come into it.

I've always said that when you pull on an England shirt, it's a proud moment, and it's an honour to play for and represent your country.

As I've got older, the nerves aren't there anymore; they just left one day when I was at Watford. I only feel excitement now, whatever the game.

We've got to rediscover the Manchester United way of playing, and I don't think many teams enjoy their nights at Old Trafford when we're on song.

I can play in six different positions where managers can trust me. It must give them food for thought knowing I can do a job in different positions.

In modern day football, you've got to play in different positions. I've played in numerous positions, apart from centre-back and goalkeeper, I think.

I am one of those players who has many scars up and down my legs from being kicked, but I know I have a job to do, and beating my opponent is my goal.

I'll relish playing at Wembley in a major cup final. It's a great achievement for me, and it's why I became a footballer, because I want to win medals.

I've played at a European Championship; to represent your country at a World Cup is every boy's dream, and for me, it would definitely be a dream come true.

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