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If it wasn't for my trainer - who comes looking for me three times a week before 7 A.M. - I wouldn't get my butt out of bed and into the gym. There are many mornings when I think about faking a sprained ankle, but I just put it out of my head and make myself go.

When I stay athletic with good posture and get the club away in a good position, I get through it better.

I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.

Injuries is a part of a sportsmen life; you have to live with it. You can't be down with that; it is not gonna help you.

Even now with the operation, with the damage done, my ankle probably is never going to be back to 100 per cent.

I don't want to spend money the club doesn't have; I don't want to hold a player that doesn't want to stay.

You want to be comfortable, but it's also good to stay on your toes, especially in the midst of a long season.

I'm not going to another club to hurt Liverpool.

I wouldn't take any of my injuries back; I feel like I'm stronger as an athlete because of all those setbacks.

I've got absolutely no intention of ever going to play at another club.