I know that nothing can be taken for granted, and there is still a lot of hard work ahead of me. However, I am looking forward to the challenge of trying to prove to the England manager that I am worthy of a place in his team, and hopefully continuing to progress my career in the right direction.

No dream is far away.

I have a special connection with the fans. It's unbelievable.

I had to move away from home at 14 and live in a club house in Romford for three years, only seeing my mum and dad twice a week.

I've seen comparisons between myself and Bobby Moore. It's nice to be told there are similarities, but nobody will come close to him - what a player, what a man!

I like to do the simple things really well, keep the ball ticking.

Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here!

In reality art is always for everyone and for no one.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

There's beauty in pain, and everyone experiences it - and it's a lesson.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.