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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.
- Footballer
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people don't know that my father is black.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school.
- Different Parts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before you've done anything.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them - the money they're given. Some of the families give up their jobs and live off their sons. That would never have happened 10 years ago.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?'
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My weight doesn't really fluctuate, but I make sure I don't eat late at night. It's about making sure I'm right physically because mentally I'm OK.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to be as successful as I can in football.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I'm going to play for Man United, and that's what my focus is on.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is easy when things are going well, but when its not, it becomes the biggest test.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020