You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!
In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.
Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.
I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.
I don't get a lot of time with my children. My time is precious, and time with my two kids is like gold dust to me. I can't get that time back.
I had the offer to write books plenty of times during the early stage of my career, and I always kind of just pushed back because it wasn't the right time.
It's the first time it's happened to me and maybe the last. It's a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can't remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.
Lionel Logue: Am I considered the enemy? Queen Elizabeth: You will be, if you remain unobliging.
A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'
As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.
The scar on my forehead is from running through a plate-glass panel when I was 15. I had 27 stitches, which took two hours.
I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.
Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.
I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.
It will be hard for us and it will be an achievement just to get out of the group stages and through to the quarterfinals, but I am personally dreaming of reaching the final!
Cameroon is stronger because it's a country of conquerors, of winners. Cameroon's players aren't necessarily very technical, but that when they play, they play to win.
You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out.
When I got back from shooting 'Deception,' I was under contract with NBC, so I can't really do anything.
In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.
It is so small secret that many writers are also alcoholics, drug addicts, sexual deviants, or habitual wearers of blue jeans (in some cases all of the above).
