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Do I do yoga? Yeah.
I must be rubbish as I can only play one sport.
I'd rather walk off the park with two goals instead of one.
Eddie Howe was the most tactical manager I have worked under.
When you're a kid football is, and should be, sheer enjoyment.
Managers can sometimes hold players back for their own benefit.
It's always nice to go and play the big teams at the big stadiums.
The only thing that got me to believe in myself was scoring goals.
I need balls put in the box and I need chances to be created for me.
If you stop learning at any time, you start to fall down the leagues.
I am just a normal bloke. I take my kids to parties, put the bins out.
I had some great years at Palace, got supported really well by the fans.
For a striker, the goals never move. Whatever division you're playing in.
It just wasn't the right fit at Bournemouth. I wasn't suited to their style.
The Championship is a really tough league with a huge prize at the end of it.
All goals are amazing. But scoring away from home, if I am honest, is extra special.
When Carlisle released me, I felt as though the dream of being a footballer was over.
I watched 'Match of the Day' growing up every week and I'm talking until I was 29-years-old.
I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one.
Rather than just sit there, I would prefer to get out and play football. Brighton have let me do that.
Scoring a goal is the best thing in the world because it's the only thing you can't control or predict.
I had four great years at Palace but just felt it was the right time to start a new chapter of my career.
I think there was a time where the target man went out of fashion and it was all about the small and quick striker.
Playing in America led to me getting a chance. Kicking around in the non-leagues I was going nowhere so I'm glad I did it.
I'm an out-and-out striker. It's my job to hold the ball up, to get in the box and to score goals. And, yes, I keep count.
I've had many strike partners over the years and usually their aim is to outscore you - and take great pleasure in doing so.
The archetypal No. 10 is a skillful player who is more interested in being in possession than tracking to get the ball back.
Chelsea is a club I've always had a soft spot for as they have kept faith with playing a traditional strong and physical No. 9.
Winning and scoring at places like Chelsea is what you grow up dreaming of, so doing so with Bournemouth was a moment to cherish.
I'm never going to be one of these players who dribbles past three and bends it into the top corner from 25 yards. That's not me.
As a teenager, I was in the Carlisle schoolboy scheme and while I was excited to join at first, I look back on it as a tough few years.
My time in non-league definitely grounded me and taught me to take nothing for granted - there was no glamour involved, that is for sure.
I have learned a lot over the years. I have learned how best to use my attributes. That comes with a bit of knowledge and a bit of wisdom.
Everyone just plays football, don't they? It is just part of life in England. Once I started I just totally got the bug and never lost it.
If there is ever one thing you learn as a professional footballer, you have a lot of critics and you have the chance to silence your critics.
We know the English market is quite high and I think that sometimes puts clubs off. I think there is a lot of hype around the Premier League.
No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.
But I like Harry Kane's robustness and where Harry Kane's come from as well. He dropped down into the lower leagues and learnt his trade on loan.
I've added to my abilities since moving to Bournemouth. You are always having to re-learn how to be a centre-forward as the game is moving forward.
It is well-documented that Bournemouth like to play football. I think I can give them a slightly different dimension when the ball goes into the box.
Anyone who's kicked a ball with their mates and played for their local club knows the buzz of being part of a team, playing without fear or pressure.
Obviously we've got a lot of science behind football these days and we've got a lot of people that can advise us on how best to look after our bodies.
When I was young, I would dwell on games and beat myself up about a result. I would lock myself away in the house, almost punishing myself and those around me.
It was good I left Brighton on a high, like I left Palace on a high but whether Carlisle to Rochdale or Brighton to Palace, as soon as I left that chapter was closed.
Stadium tunnels are often tight and filled with testosterone. With that combination of a confined space and emotions running high you get the ideal scenario for confrontation.
It was through the Hammerheads that I got a route into the professional game, via a trial at Sunderland from Mick McCarthy and then an invitation to come back to Carlisle in 2004.
Players at the top level are generally more athletic, stronger and more thoughtful. They have a quicker turn of pace but more than anything they're clinical and decisive in their actions.
I know hotel life sounds good but, believe me, it grows old when you have eaten the menu ten times over and you know you've stayed too long when you're on first-name terms with the staff.
Teams full of talent and top-flight experience know when to engage a tackle at crucial times, when to compete in an aerial duel or seize on a chance - often resulting in the net rippling.
Tactics, gameplan and players are all influential in how a team performs but the question is how to manage every individual in your charge and get them to play like a finely tuned orchestra.