"Hindsight is a wonderful thing."

"Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think."

"When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children."

"I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me."

"Being at a club that supported me meant a lot."

"I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country."

"Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had."

"My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7."

"Nothing amazes me anymore."

"We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently."

"Tom cruise, he's a lot more famous than me."

"I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made."

"I am happier now than I have ever been."

"I still look at myself and want to improve."

"I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs."

"I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not."