Penalty shoot-outs are the most high-pressure situation that a goalkeeper will face, and in a World Cup, it's even worse because the stakes are so high.

Goalkeeping is very, very much about confidence and thinking you are the man.

It's not the mistake that's important; it's how you recover from it. If you recover instantly, in that second, it's gone from your mind. You play on and don't make the next mistake, and that's the sign of a top keeper. Joe Hart certainly is one of those guys.

When David De Gea first came to the Premier League, he was a small boy.

If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn't notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level.

People remember the treble in 1999 as if we only had to turn up to collect three trophies. But on that cup run, we were 1-0 down against Liverpool going into injury time, and we turned it around to win 2-1. And everyone remembers the Champions League final in Barcelona, where the same thing happened.

Neuer is the best goalkeeper in the world by far.

I don't think spending money is a guarantee for anything.

I played handball up until I joined United, both as a goalkeeper and an outfield player.

If you're mentally ready, you're willing to go the extra mile.

The star-jump technique - that is a big part of being a handball goalkeeper, and I brought that move into football. It is a very effective way of saving a chance.

There shouldn't be a stigma about age with footballers.

Heading is a skill, and it would be a shame to lose that from the game. There is nothing more dramatic than when you see someone score a diving header, for instance.

It was only when I got to Tottenham as a youth player that they said, 'You need to be good in the air.' It was made clear I was going be a target man, so I had to start working on my technique.

I came from a good family and a nice area, but I went to a rough state school.

When I started out, nobody told you how to do an interview. That's how I ended up on the front page of a newspaper dressed as Rodney Trotter with a Reliant Robin.

The death of Cyrille Regis, a giant in so many ways, was such a shock and deeply upsetting.

In my opinion, whenever I've been given the opportunity to play, I've done well and scored goals, and that will continue to be the case.

When I first started playing, the only time you knew you would get photographed was if the paparazzi were outside a smart restaurant in town.

At first, I was overwhelmed at moving up to international level, but the England lads are top class at making you feel welcome.

I thrive on quick players getting to the byline and sending over crosses. I just have to be quick enough to get on the end of things. In that regard, my job has always been the same, but if we have more wide, quick players, that can only be good for me.

I've never been renowned for electric pace. It doesn't seem to have held me back.

It's difficult for anyone to regard a place in the England starting line-up as their own. There's always someone looking to get ahead of you, and that's how it should be.

I'd hate to be the sort of player who people just regard as being tall and only good for winning headers.