My heroes were always soccer players.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.
I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.
I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.
Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
I grew up playing soccer and always loved playing it.
I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.
I've played soccer since I was five.
My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach something in their old age, which they absolutely couldn't ever have done in their youth.
My real heroes have always been sportswriters.