The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.
Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.
In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.
The majority of my family is Auburn fans, and I grew up watching Auburn football, and that's always who I've cheered for.
There are things players go through on an everyday basis in the business of football. You don't see it all with the glitz and glamour of game day.
Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.
When cars honk and hoot and drunks squeeze out of car windows and scream, you can be sure that football is in the air.
It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet.
I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry.
The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.
Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. They've been very close to me and we have a great relationship.
Wouldn't it be great if our national news media had standards as high as the National Football League's?
On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.
Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.
I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time.
Football is a violent sport. Somebody's going to get hurt. It's the game. Just hopefully, you're on the good side of it.
Why is it good for football to take the excitement away from fans by overcharging them for tickets to see their team?
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.
I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.
