Adebayo Akinfenwa

My career and my stats, they all speak for itself so to say that I've got anything to prove to people, to say 'well, look, I can play, I'm not just a big guy,' that really is not my driving force in life. ”

People think that football is all glamour and money but trust me all footballers go through the same boring and annoying things as everybody else. ”

I was always a big guy. You see my family - my brothers are the same size. ”

My Christian faith has guided me. ”

I'm human just like everyone. ”

You see it all the time, in all divisions, that teams raise themselves and apply themselves that little bit more when they play a 'bigger team.' ”

Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up that time with stuff that isn't always positive. ”

I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part and parcel of the game. ”

The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion. ”

As I've said before, I'm a big fan of social media because it allows players and fans to interactive but it can have its pitfalls. ”