The best thing about football is that the rules are so simple. Anyone can play anywhere.

I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd.

The role that I play as a lone striker, I enjoy it and particularly playing with great players.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

I'm a forward, but I can't be the only forward at a club. Over the years, the clubs who've won titles have had several strikers.

I am still young and being the [England] squad is really good for me although I've still got a lot to learn.

I just get up in the morning and say: 'Yeah man, I'm ready to score goals.'

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

If you have an argument with someone and you sulk, sometimes you don't want to speak to them. But it is important to keep your friends close to you and do the right things.

I scored in a World Cup and I want that buzz again.

I prefer not to fly, but sometimes it's unavoidable.

There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.

Only great and general battles can produce great results

A state of expectancy is a great assetl; a state of uncertainty-one moment thinking "perhaps" and the next moment thinking "I don't know"-will never get desired results.

Some people will ruin a movie for you if they enthuse too much.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Remember, the answers are in the questions.

But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests.

I am of course a skeptic about the divinity of Christ and a scorner of the notion that there is a God who cares how we are or what we do.

We are not here to be successful, we are here to be FAITHFUL

Growth springs from better recipes, not just from more cooking.