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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.

Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions.

In all Games, there is always a tendency, particularly in the lead up to the Games when there isn't much sport to talk about, to write about things that are not sport.

I actually think I play better now than I've ever played.

With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.

The reasons why a player is better on one club than on another are many. I certainly am not an expert and can't explain.

Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves.

Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.

Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.