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I would always treat my attacking game as the more natural part. With defence, you have to get yourself in positions to understand the game and understand situations and that might not be as natural a thing.

Of course I am happy to play in any of the attacking roles, but for me, where I can score the most goals is down the middle.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

Tactics are so important because everybody has to know what they have to do on the pitch. The relationships and behaviours off the pitch between team-mates have to be as good as possible.

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.

When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

I played in different positions as a kid, and it helped me learn different parts of the game, but I found that I was always scoring goals, and that continued as I got older. I've always enjoyed scoring, and it seemed to come naturally. Fortunately, that has carried on into my professional career.