If something is going on and you are struggling, embrace it. You are growing.

My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.

I know that throughout my career, I haven't always played great games.

Throughout my career, I've always loved hitting deep shots over the top. A lot of times, those plays just come to you. You don't want to force it.

Obviously, I don't go into a game not wanting to do well. I go into every game to try to do my best for my team-mates and the club.

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing.

In sports, I was representing my country, but in politics I represent people directly. I have always lived with a cause. In army, it was the existence of the sanctity of nation and the men I was commanding, and in sports, it was the pride of my country, while in politics, it is the rights of citizens I am fighting for.

The scary thing is that players have a one-upsmanship about money; they sign a contract and they like it until someone signs a bigger one and now they don't like it. I don't like that. I don't begrudge anyone money, but it disrupts the football team.