Craig Bellamy

My brother is gay - he's a couple of years older than me, and I could not be more proud of him. It was right for him. If a player was going through something similar at a younger age, I feel I would be understanding because I was there to watch it with my brother. ”

Teams do not make their debut in the first XI - individuals do - but it is the team that enables the individual to get the best out of himself. Football IQ, I call it, understanding roles and the team structure. ”

Life isn't just about football. The adventure starts when you finish, and I'm looking forward to that. ”

In the past, before games, I would near enough make myself ill. Nerves and stuff. ”

I've always had this crazy thought that I have to win something; otherwise, my career's a complete failure. It's ridiculous. Will a trophy change me as a person? No. Will it make me a better player? No. So what the hell am I worried about? ”

The lads I played football with on the street when I was a kid in Cardiff were as good as me, and in many ways, my career is due to them. ”

So much of my career was affected by injuries. Not just the well documented surgery, but the hamstring pulls and other things. Injuries hit me hard, and they always seemed to come at key times. ”

I played on anger for the first 15 years of my career. ”

I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do. ”

That's what makes the Premier League the best in the world: the competitiveness and the ability each team possesses can hurt you on their day. ”