Robert Green

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

With goalkeepers, when a team looks for a keeper, it looks for someone with experience.

That's football. It's like in any walk of life: you get some people who are going to try more than others.

People make mistakes in life, and you get on with it.

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.

People make mistakes in life and in football all the time.

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

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

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.

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

If you read every newspaper or listened to every radio station and behaved as if your life depended on that, then you would be in an emotional turmoil. Essentially, you have to stay true to yourself. That is enough.

A special thank you must go to my mum and dad and entire family for your unwavering support. It means so much for them to have followed and watched nearly all my games, sharing my highs and lows.