“I haven’t retired from international football – I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.”

I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.

I feel I can still do the same job as I did 10 years ago – I’ve just got a few more wrinkles!

I don’t regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.

It’s not easy when someone pulls your ponytail.

You can be the one – in – a – million. Don’t be discouraged by the odds to Succeed.

I don’t think I have reached a plateau. I have just reached the level where I am today. But I need to go above it.

Is the Pope Catholic. No I’m serious. I really need to know.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t retire – I love playing for my country.

I’ve always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I’ve always been a proud person, I’m very patriotic.

Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.

I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite – dark and loud.

I have come to accept that if I have a new haircut it is front page news. But having a picture of my foot on the front page of a national newspaper is a bit exceptional.

Joining Real Madrid is a dream come true.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country.

I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.

I believe finally, that education must be conceived as a continuing reconstruction of experience; that the process and the goal of education are one and the same thing.

Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.

I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alteration of old beliefs.

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.

If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.

There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.