Obviously, Thierry Henry is someone I have looked up to ever since I started playing football.

It is good for any footballer to get a run of games.

It is well known I prefer to play through the middle, so when I get my opportunity, I just want to show what I can do.

It's always good to be competitive.

Sometimes things are said on the pitch that people won't see at home. There's a bit of banter on the pitch as well.

I'm really lucky that my occupation is something I love.

Mum and dad worked so hard to help me and my brothers grow up as good people. They were both social workers, working with kids with learning disabilities. They are just great people. It means so much to me to make them proud.

The teacher would say, 'Not everybody makes it as a footballer, so what do you want to be?' I'd say, 'A footballer.' The teacher would say, 'But not everybody makes it. So what do you want to be?' I'd say, 'A footballer.' Every year that happened! Nothing was going to get in the way of me being a footballer.

What would I have studied at university? Football!

It's the same for everyone - when they are being played out of position, they don't really like it.

I've grown up at Manchester United and been professional all through my career, and I always do extra work.

For United, I'm more likely to be left wing of a four-man midfield with only two centre-mids, so it's a bit more difficult for me to maybe make those runs to get in and score those goals when I've got to think about my defensive duties as well.

I wouldn't say I play better for England, but my goals-per-game ratio is definitely better.

If I was to play on the left, I'd rather play there if there was three in midfield.

If you are playing on the left of a four-man midfield, there are a lot more defensive duties to do, so you can't find the times to keep attacking. But if you're on the left of a 4-3-3, I find that position really good as well.

I started growing late, so I was a late developer.

Getting injured is a massive setback. When you look back at it, it makes you a better and a stronger person today, but at the time, it's hard to deal with.

Once we are on that pitch, the main thing is getting that win.

I've played in a few Champions League matches and got into quarter-finals - sometimes unluckily knocked out - but you have to prepare like any other football match: you have to play the game, not the occasion. That's been instilled in me since I was a kid.

Obviously when a new manager comes in, he's got to instill his own ideas within the team and with his set-up for the games.

There's going to be bumps along the way, in any walk of life, not just as a professional footballer with injuries. You've got to be resilient with it and keep pushing through. It'll make you stronger as well.

Obviously, you want to win a trophy and finish as high up the table as possible. But it's important to focus game-by-game.

Each manager has their own ideas that they want to get across to the players, and how to do it.

People around me would never let me get too big-headed. At the end of the day, you're just another human being.