Gareth Barry

I have a massive fear of going stale and falling into a comfort zone. ”

It's nice hearing your team-mates wanting you to stay. ”

Sometimes you want to experience life, but ultimately, you've got to make sacrifices and choose the right road. ”

I like going down to London for a couple of days, but it's a place where I'd never fancy living - too busy, too lively, people on top of you. ”

If you go into a shopping centre, there are phones and cameras everywhere, and if you're doing the wrong thing, ultimately you're going to get found out. So it's important you're living your life right, and that's hard for a young player. ”

It's a fantastic life I've been living - let's keep it going. ”

I have always said that management is not something I fancied, but it's suddenly, naturally started to enter my head. ”

The main reason I have joined Everton is not to try to help my England ambitions - that will come if I am playing consistently well for Everton. ”

When you play a lot of games in a row, and you come off the pitch thinking, 'I can't do this no more,' then it is time to look at something else, whether you have six months left on your contract or four years. ”

While I could still play in the Premier League, I really did not want to go abroad. I was not thinking about winding down my career. ”