Coming to Stoke was a chance for me to develop and take my game to the next level.

I've dealt with bigger things than the odd performance, dealt with a hell of a long time out of the game from an injury which shouldn't have kept me out for that long. I've had to deal with fears of not playing again, I'm a bigger man for it and I will be better for it in the future.

You want to make an impact and show what you're about.

Regardless of what happens, I want to be part of a successful England team and if I have to swallow my pride and disappointment at not being the number one, then I've got to do that for us to be successful and obviously to help whoever is in goal perform at their best.

Any woman in any career has to think about when they have children, if they want to have children, and how it's going to affect their career.

No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened.

My musical education started in the limelight, because I found myself surrounded by real musicians, but after my career had taken off.

YouTube - holy cow! - I can do my career at my own pace. I didn't have anybody to tell me I wasn't ready, and I learned how to self-market and how to strategize. 'Spontaneous Me' had already been up on iTunes, but besides my mom and grandma, no one bought it. Once it was up on YouTube, it went crazy.