I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.

I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd.

The role that I play as a lone striker, I enjoy it and particularly playing with great players.

The best thing about football is that the rules are so simple. Anyone can play anywhere.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

I'm a forward, but I can't be the only forward at a club. Over the years, the clubs who've won titles have had several strikers.

I am still young and being the [England] squad is really good for me although I've still got a lot to learn.

I just get up in the morning and say: 'Yeah man, I'm ready to score goals.'

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

If you have an argument with someone and you sulk, sometimes you don't want to speak to them. But it is important to keep your friends close to you and do the right things.

I scored in a World Cup and I want that buzz again.

You stop talking about things when you’ve worked them out. You’re no longer an observer but a participant. You’re too busy for this bullshit.

Just being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age.

One ordinary woman connected to an extraordinary God can make a difference

It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont.

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it's true.

I feel the pressure but I embrace it. Whatever I have to do to make the sport catch on to other people, I'll do it.

It's not that he was going nowhere, it's that he'd already arrived.

Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach, but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.

Our jovial star reigned at his birth.