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I do know it's great to have a support from a fan base of a team. Football is such a team game, such a team aspect to it... Good things happen, the praise is spread around; and bad things happen, usually it's not just one person's fault.

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football.

Football is a passionate game. It excites us.

It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football.

Outside football, I just love life, you know. We're lucky to play football, to have all this body. Everyone's watching us. You see how many people, they come and watch the game. It's unbelievable, you see how many people they come. They shout your name and just enjoy life.

Every time I score the passion comes out and I try to relay that back to the fans and to the players and the staff how grateful I am to be playing for such a good football club. The fans have taken well to me. I am part of the furniture at Everton, but I don't take it for granted.

When you are happy and playing regular football, that can make life a lot easier.

Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

It's great that fans have people they can enjoy and watch play.