English players are probably scared to come abroad. They are in a comfort zone in England: that's where we grew up; that's where we played in youth teams.

When you're growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.

My best memory was probably scoring a penalty against Manchester United.

I want to continue to win things, hopefully something with England, and if I can score the winning goal at the World Cup, then maybe they will like me again.

I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.

I knew that manual labor wasn't the career for me.

So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one would see me for anything else. I knew, in order to open up my career, I had to leave or that's all I would ever be given.

My whole career, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches.