I have been in tournaments before where people would say, 'England should win this game,' and we didn't.

You can't keep having the pressure on your goal all of the time because, eventually, a team will get through.

I always say, whether it's Liverpool or England, it's not just me who is a leader.

When I finish my career, I can look back and then decide if it was good or not.

You need people who are vocal on the pitch to give information at different times of the game.

I have always wanted to fight no matter what position I am in, and whether that is Liverpool or England, I need to do more, and I need to do better because you have younger players, or players get signed for the club who push you and want to take your place, and you have to be better than them.

When you play for Liverpool, there's always pressure, pressure to perform, expectation. Of course, that's the reason why you want to go there.

Spain are a fantastic team and fantastic squad of players.

In club football, Jurgen very much does everything, and we follow. We listen, and we follow him.

You never know what will happen in football.

Real Madrid are a team of winners.

It's important everyone knows their roles individually and collectively as a group.

When you are very young and come through at a club, like I did at Sunderland, I suppose people do not expect as much and have not really heard much about you. Whereas, when you sign for a club, the expectations are higher.

You have got to get to know people, and moving down to Liverpool from the North East was a huge change for me. But, at the same time, you have just got to get on with it, and that is part and parcel of being a footballer.

I would say I am more comfortable in the centre of midfield. But when you are at a big club like Liverpool, you maybe get played in positions with which you might not be so familiar. But you have got to learn the different roles, because it gives you a better opportunity to play.

I tend to focus on core work most of all in the gym.

The way we play at Liverpool is with high-intensity football, pressing high up the pitch, winning the ball back quickly, and counter-pressing.

The physical part of football has always been a massive part of my game so I can cover the ground during games.

I suppose when people are criticising you and saying that you are not really worthy of going to such a club as Liverpool, it gives you a little bit more drive and more desire to prove them wrong. And that can only help you in the long run: make you a little bit tougher mentally.

At Sunderland, if I had a bad game, it wasn't like it was the end of the world.

There are a lot of players that want to go to the World Cup, so you have to be the player that goes out and performs and shows how much you want to go.

You give everything; sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but you always have to move on quickly.

You will get criticised, you will get praised - that's the way football goes. I've learned over a few years now that it can change within an instant.

It's everyone's dream to play for their country.