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It bothers me when I don't score.
I was born to score goals, I feel.
There's nothing quite like a World Cup.
If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.
Everton have a healthy list of injuries.
You're on your own out there with ten mates.
I'm sure clubs have a lot of power these days.
As everyone knows I've got a passion for horses.
Henry had taken striking on to a different level
To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.
England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers
I wouldn't change my life for the world at the moment.
You need people who score goals. That's how you win games
Bayern Munich are probably the standout team on the planet.
I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.
I have always been confident that I would make it to the top.
I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.
My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.
The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.
He's fantastic on the ground but obviously he is very tall. (on Peter Crouch)
I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.
A new club is like having a new girlfriend – you don't have feelings straight away
Best atmosphere I ever played in was at Celtic Park in the UEFA Cup for Liverpool.
Manchester United will always be a competitor, just because of the very size of them.
If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.
As a youngster, I was considered exceptional, and in many ways that was to my detriment.
All Newcastle fans need to know is that I will be giving everything for their cause now.
At 18 to 20, I was probably one of the quickest things around, at the peak of my powers.
You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.
There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.
To be the best you have to forget partying and concentrate all your energies on the football.
When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.
Often the biggest test is when the chips are down and you've got to stick together as a team.
It was a real eye opener and I'm really pleased that I spent a year out there [in Real Madrid].
The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.
I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey I could only have dreamed of.
I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart
There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.
I basically run on two hamstrings on my right leg and three on the other. I'm losing a third of the power.
I think it's getting tougher and tougher, all the big teams are getting stronger and there's more of them.
I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.
I have a great family, good friends, a nice girlfriend, my own house. I have got everything how I want it to be.
The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well.
The longer my career has gone, the more I seem to score... It's experience and age and knowing where the ball's going to be.
An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.
I don't particularly enjoy watching international football in the way that I used to. It hurts me to say that, but it's true.
I don't believe in superstitions. I just do certain things because I'm scared in case something will happen if I don't do them
An emotion that lives with me is a sense of 'what might have been' had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.
To be at the top, you have to have a competitive streak in you. If you're not performing, you've got to be angry with yourself.
You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs; the acid test is how you handle the downs.