Players like Didier Drogba, going to watch him play and seeing him off the pitch as well, I got to see how he was with the players and the youngsters. Growing up, he was a good idol. He's a bubbly, funny character. He likes to make people feel welcome. You need those kind of people, wherever you are.

Whatever happens happens, but learning from the players at Chelsea is a great experience.

You have to forget about the bad memories and push on.

It was a dream for me to score two goals on my first start for the England Under-21s.

The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty. When the sport became an industry, the beauty that blossoms from the joy of play got torn out by its very roots.

I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.

I've played sports, and I've been a tomboy my whole life.

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.