I've been in teams that have struggled and been relegated.

I've been in the Championship before, and it didn't kill me.

There's no longevity in managing - and not much sense, either.

In international football, chances don't come along very often.

Once I came out of the First Division with Norwich, it was great.

Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.

A goalkeeping unit is different from outfield; the psychology is different.

I've loved every moment and feel privileged to have enjoyed the career I have.

You look at the guys playing in the Premier League, and they've got such quality.

I didn't go into football to earn money. It was because I liked playing football.

You want to be paid. It is your job. It is like anyone else turning up at an office.

There is no coincidence that stability brings success, and success brings stability.

If you walked into my house, there wouldn't be one thing to do with football in there.

If you fail doing one thing, then learn the lesson and move on and find something else.

I was a professional at Norwich for 10 years and associated with the club for nearly 15.

Eventually, I'd like to have some sort of role like a chief executive in a football club.

The closest you are going to get to playing international football is the Champions League.

If you play without the shackles and burdens, then you play like you did when you were a kid.

It's about being steady and taking the rough with the smooth, but that's life as a goalkeeper.

I've seen 18 managers go at the clubs I've been playing for. It's a part of football, isn't it?

The Premiership is where you want to be; everyone does. Otherwise, you question people's ambition.

Loftus Road is a great place to play football. The fans get behind you, and it's a great atmosphere.

Tell me why is it easier if you know the number one? You prepare as though you are number one anyway.

Football's not particularly crazy. Once you are in it, you're in the eye of the storm, and it's quite nice.

I hope to remain connected with the game that's given me so much in some capacity, whatever that proves to be.

This is the difficulty with not picking up points away from home: the home games become that much more critical.

I've had the joy of representing some fantastic clubs, all of whom have helped to shape me in their own varying way.

Representing my country will always be one of my proudest achievements, and I feel honoured to have played for England.

You go through mental preparation the night before the game and prepare for moments of trauma in a game when it happens.

I came to QPR looking for a new challenge after six years at West Ham, a wonderful time capped off by promotion at Wembley.

I've got injured in one World Cup, been to a Euros and another World Cup, so I've been there, seen it, and had a taste of it.

I go along, play football, work as hard as I can, play as hard as I can, and then go home and spend time with my wife and kids.

No matter what the figures are in the workplace in terms of wages, you either feel a valued member of your staff, or you don't.

You take records with a pinch of salt. Take Usain Bolt: someone will be quicker than him one day. These things aren't important.

Not playing is frustrating; you want to play in every game. But it's the life of a keeper. You'd rather be on the pitch than off.

I wouldn't call going into the Premier League an ordeal. I would say the Championship is more of an ordeal than the Premier League.

I have been around football a long time and know a lot about it, so if I have an opinion and don't voice it, then it is a bit of a waste.

I'm the same as anyone else. If you are as good at a job as someone else, but they get three or four times more, you get a bit frustrated.

I've played with, and against, some of the best players in the world and have experienced so much that professional football has to offer.

Only knowing two hours before the game that you are playing is not a problem. You prepare as though you're playing. If you don't, that's the mistake.

Thank you to all of the fans and everybody connected with Norwich City, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers, Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, and Chelsea.

I don't know; the gravity of playing football - you can't lose the comparison of other stuff. If you do, and football is the only thing, it becomes too serious.

I can confidently say that if there is any criticism levelled at me, then I have done that already. It's what happens when you try to be honest and hard-working.

Thank you to all of the managers, coaches, and staff I've worked with and thank you to all of the team-mates that I've shared a dressing room with over the years.

You see people with a room full of their career achievements. Brilliant. Well done. That's just not something I do. They're in a bin bag in my mum and dad's loft.

It is not something I ever envisaged doing when I set out - thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'd love to be a third-choice keeper' - but your situation changes as your career goes on.

As a goalkeeper, you feel like if you're treated like adults and have your position explained to you, you respect that. You might not agree with it, but you get on with it.

When the assessment of goalkeepers is made by people who have never actually stood there in a game and experienced it, then it's hard to take it without a large pinch of salt.

Having worked with some of the characters in football and having to be nice to them - and knowing your job depends on you having to be nice to them - just doesn't appeal to me.

I can see what goes on defensively in a game, but 80 or 90 yards away, you can have no idea about the attack or how someone scored. I guess it's once a goalkeeper, always a goalkeeper.

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