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My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.

The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.

As a youngster, I was considered exceptional, and in many ways that was to my detriment.

He's fantastic on the ground but obviously he is very tall.
(on Peter Crouch)

For me there's nothing better than putting the white shirt on for England and playing for England. I'd get worried if it wasn't like that.

I have a great family, good friends, a nice girlfriend, my own house. I have got everything how I want it to be.

There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.

You need people who score goals. That's how you win games

It bothers me when I don't score.

I basically run on two hamstrings on my right leg and three on the other. I'm losing a third of the power.

Often the biggest test is when the chips are down and you've got to stick together as a team.

To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.

So proud to be joining the best team in the world.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.

I have always been confident that I would make it to the top.

I was born to score goals, I feel.

I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.

I don't want to pack everything into one year and then do nothing the rest of my life. I think it's important to do things bit by bit.

I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey I could only have dreamed of.

I don't feel pressure going into games.

All Newcastle fans need to know is that I will be giving everything for their cause now.

England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers

Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career.

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

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.

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.

Best atmosphere I ever played in was at Celtic Park in the UEFA Cup for Liverpool.

I want to have as normal a life as possible.

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.

Everton have a healthy list of injuries.

There's nothing quite like a World Cup.

There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.

You're on your own out there with ten mates.

Henry had taken striking on to a different level

At 18 to 20, I was probably one of the quickest things around, at the peak of my powers.

If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.

You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.

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

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

I wouldn't change my life for the world at the moment.

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 can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.

I find it hard to say no to people.