When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.

I love football, football is my life.

Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a ­manager would be my first choice.

Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time.

I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.

You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come.

I grew up an Everton fan, my whole family are Everton fans and I grew up hating Liverpool. And that hasn't changed.

Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

For every tree, we plant, we saves a life.

Research is always a very necessary part of my process because all of my books to this point have been historical. Time spent in the library adds to one's wealth as a writer or artist.

I'm one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I'll wander off into the woods and forget to come back.

I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery.

God has created the world in play, as it were.

Jesus did not die for pastors to have a well paid job. Neither was He raised on the cross just to raise our standard of living. He died to seek and to save those who are lost.

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

Norman Mailer in his writings is ultimately more concerned with success than with danger; danger is only a means to success.

The public is anold woman.Let her maunderand mumble.

I can play the leading man. I can play the action hero, maybe in just a different way. I look at it as, you know, if you set your mind to it, you can do it.