I’ve always said the one change that would’ve been nice is if I’d been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!

Leaving Tottenham was not by best choice but, apart from that, there haven’t been too many regrets in my career."

I love to play big games, it makes you a bigger player.

When your relationship is good, you can tell somebody the truth.

If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.

I write what I call precinct drama, and I tend to write things set in the workplace. Having an institution which gives a workplace its distinctive identity is really important to creating something which feels different.

While it's true that women are the minority in most tech companies, I don't think that inhibits entry into the tech space. My motto has always been, 'Live What You Love,' and as such, I think it's incredibly important to do work you believe in and to work for a company that has values that align with your own, be it in tech or another industry.

The advice I give, no matter male or female, is not being afraid to step outside your comfort zone and think more long-term about your career than maybe the next year.