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Nobody is that thick-skinned that it doesn't hurt you. Still, you always know what happens in football. I have got used to criticism, I suppose, having been high profile with England and Man U.

The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.

I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!

In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.

But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.

There are hundreds and hundreds of women who are married to footballers, and we get to see a very small handful of them. They are all different individuals, and they choose the way they want to live their life or look, and I don't think it is really fair on anyone else to judge.

There are certain teams in the NFL that have a certain aura about them, and there's a certain respect level about them.

Football players are misunderstood. They aren't the dumb jocks people think they are.

They are not your players, they are loaned from the club. You just wheel them out for a game for England.