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If People Don't Like My Style, Then I Can't Do Anything About That. I Have Been Like That Since I First Entered Into The Game And It Hasn't Done Me Bad In The Past, So I Am Not Going To Change Now.

There Is Another Side To Me Which People Don't Often See, But It's Very Hard For Me To Show That. When I Do Interviews, I'm Talking To People I Don't Know And When You Speak To A Stranger You Don't Open Up, Do You? In My Position, People Are Always Looking For Something To Say About Me. And Anything I Do Say, Given Half-a-chance They'll Turn It Round Into Something Spectacular So I've Got To Be Very Careful. That's Why It's Only My Friends And Family Who Know The Real Me. Now My Wife, Lainya, She Could Tell You A Few Stories.

When I Was A Young Boy I Wanted To Play For Newcastle United, I Wanted To Wear The Number Nine Shirt And I Wanted To Score Goals At St James' Park. I've Lived My Dream And I Realise How Lucky I've Been To Have Done That.

Any Change Of My Style, The Way I've Played For 10 Years, Will Not Be A Drastic One. Yes, I've Always Given As Good As I've Got; As A Forward You Have To Do That Because, If You Don't Look After Yourself, You Might Find Yourself Being Thrown In A Hole And Buried.

As A Kid I Always Wanted To Be A Centre-forward. I Wanted The Buzz And Thrill Of Scoring Goals From An Early Age.