I Come From A Football Family Which

I Always Wanted To Be A Winner, To Score Goals. There Was No Massive Bravery In Terms Of My Mum Passing Away And Stepping Up. I Just Wanted To Score. I Know Everyone Would Have Given Me A Pass On It If I Hadn't Taken It. But I'd Have Had The Hump With Myself If I'd Shirked It.

I'm Happy Here, And Why Change When You Love The Club And The Club's In A Really Good Position Right Now.

I Remember Being In West Ham's Youth Team And Seeing Jody Morris Play For Chelsea At 17 And You Scoring For Liverpool On Your Debut When You Were 18. I Was Watching It On Soccer Saturday And I Was Like, "i Can't Believe He's Scored!" It's Professional Jealousy. It's Best To Be Honest About It. It Gave Me Real Desire. I Was Thinking "god I Want That To Be Me".

I Had A Chance To Go To Italy When I Was Younger And That Would Have Been Tough Because Of The Language. America Is Easier But I Really Loved It.

I Have A Lot Of Good Football Talk With Cabbies, But When You Want To Get Somewhere In A Hurry, It Can Be Distracting. I Always Know They're Going To Want To Talk Football If 'talksport' Is On The Radio.