Darren Bent

I had two hard seasons at Tottenham, and when it's going badly, when you're not getting games, when people are criticising you, you do get depressed; you get down.

When I was a kid coming through I just wanted to score 100 Premier League goals.

I don't know any player with ambition who wants to sit there, week in week out, and not play.

I'm a big basketball fan and my team is the Cleveland Cavaliers.

I believe if I am patient and I have faith then more good things will happen to me in my life and in my career.

Wherever I go I always take the Bible with me and put it beside my bed so it's there for me to read it every day.

I read the Bible every day before I get up! You've got to have faith.

My grandma has got me into my religion because she used to carry me to church every Sunday.

Firmino, we know he doesn't score that many goals, but he's the glue, he links it all together. His hold-up play is arguably one of the best in the league. He brings players in, holds on to the ball, he's fantastic.

You get the best out of me when you back me.

After the World Cup in Germany, I made a promise to myself to make sure I was on the plane for the next one. So I tried as hard as I could to get there, but it didn't happen.

Son is an amazing player. Everything about him, the way he plays the game, he's such a threat and he can finish with his left and right feet.

My friends always tell me I just come out and say what I'm thinking.

I've played for my country and now I've scored for my country and nobody can take those things away from me.

It would be great to play against someone like Spain and prove you can handle yourself at that level.

Every time you play for your country it is like you are on trial to be honest.

At Villa you couldn't have conversations with Paul Lambert, a lot of the other guys felt the same. You'd go into his office and be twiddling your thumbs, whereas with someone like Steve McClaren you can have a rapport and talk to him.

I got myself back out there at Brighton, then Derby came in and it was the right move.

In football you get forgotten very quickly, especially when you're not playing.

When you're doing well in the Premier League there is nothing better.

No-one likes to sit on the bench.

If you don't play for your club regularly, you won't play for England.

It's probably instinct - know where the ball's going to drop and get there faster than the opposition. I was an Arsenal fan and Ian Wright was my hero but Michael Owen was probably the best at that instinct.

Pogba doesn't really want to play holding midfield.

It's just nice to know that a manager believes in you and that you are going to play for him and you are his striker that he has brought to the club to play. You don't need any more confidence after that because if you are playing games week in, week out and scoring goals, confidence is high, you feel happy and you are glad to be playing football.

Any trainer I've wanted to get I've managed to get. Even if they are one of six, I've managed to pick them up somehow.

I don't play golf, I like to collect trainers, that's just my hobby.

Michael Jordan is one of my favourite athletes ever so I've got a lot of his trainers.

I like to collect trainers.

There will be a real admiration for Paul Pogba amongst other players in the Premier League, from the players who have played against him.

Footballers will think differently to fans.

Luka is the best player I ever played with. He would see passes that no one else can see. If I could have had one thing from him, it would definitely have been his vision.

Sometimes you worry when young kids get too much too early are they going to lose that hunger and desire?

I think Brendan Rodgers as a coach and a manager is absolutely superb.

They are the best days of your life when you're in the youth team and parents are standing on the side wondering, 'Is he going to come through?'

I've played for England and at one stage I was the first-choice centre forward because I played in four or five qualifiers in a row.

I had to leave Tottenham because I needed to play games but part of me wishes I had stayed a bit longer, just to succeed there, but everyone needs time.

People were writing stories in the papers about me from what I put on Twitter - there was a lot made of it.

I've had to adapt from playing every week to having to fight for my place, but I don't mind that if I become a better player.

You always want to play for your country and when you're in good form, you feel that maybe you will be in with a shout. But all I can do is get one with my job and keep on knocking goals in.

I have always said to myself, if you play well and do your best for Sunderland, then there is a chance you can go to the biggest tournament in the world.

I never thought in a million years I'd be playing football against a rockstar.

When I say Pochettino's greatest achievement at Spurs, people will say 'He got them to a Champions League final' but is that enough? Does that automatically catapult you into that elite bracket because you took a team to a Champions League final? For me, it doesn't.

I had two great years at Sunderland and I hope that's how people remember me up there, playing well and scoring goals for them.

I'd rather score five tap-ins than two wonder goals.

I went to Villa to be with top players, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing, who create chances.

I scored a lot of goals at Sunderland.

Once I left Spurs, I tried to show people that I'm a good footballer who can score goals.

I played a lot with Kenwyne Jones and I felt he brought the best out of me.

All strikers go through periods when you score goals and don't score goals.