If you have any setback in your life, like not being in the England squad was for me - any setback, like losing a family member - everyone handles it in different ways. When I first wasn't included I was numb. I'd been the main England striker for years and years. It was really disappointing.

When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

He's fantastic on the ground but obviously he is very tall. (on Peter Crouch)

The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.