"I'm happy in Madrid, my kids are happy and my wife is happy, so everything's good. If anyone knows about contracts they take a while to sort out."

"I still believe I have a part to play for England."

"It's my responsibility to walk around the hotel with a big smile on my face and not worry about what's happened in the last game."

"This team [England] has some of the best players in England"

"My secret is practice."

"It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!"

"I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made."

"I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made."

"I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing."

"I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing."

"My new tattoo is Jesus being carried by three cherubs. Obviously the cherubs are my boys. At some point they are going to need to look after me. That's what they're doing in the picture. It means a lot."

"No matter who our opponents are, or who we are playing against, we want to win the game."

"We're definitely going to get Brooklyn christened, but we don't know into which religion."

"The game is in a neutral country for both teams."

"Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that and are hurt more than people realise."

"I work out with my trainer or do an hour of pilates at 6 or 7AM. I'm done by the time my household is awake."

"Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?"

"Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?"

"I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time."

"I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time."

"I've got my wife. I've got my four kids. I've got parents, grandparents still, and three really good friends. It's all you need. I'd rather have three really good friends than 20 good friends."

"Is the Pope Catholic. No I'm serious. I really need to know."

"I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me."

"[Meeting Mandela] was the highlight of my career; to meet such a great man and a strong man and such a passionate man about sport and life will always stay with me."