It's really important at United that you've been brought up with that winning mentality.

Some of the centre-backs are 90 kg. I'm only 70-something kilos - so I need to be strong.

It is always good to be away with a few of the older lads because you pick up so much from them every day. You see how they prepare for games, how they rest, and how they train.

It is good to get goals, but it is quite depressing if we don't win.

I am never happy if we are not winning.

Jack Wilshere is a prime example of how things work. He went to Bolton and did really well, then he went back to Arsenal and really kicked on. It is something quite a few of the young boys look at and think, 'If he can do it, so can we.'

I have played up front for England, been away to tournaments, and scored goals there, so I know once I get into those positions I will put the chances away.

I'm a centre forward, and that is my preferred position. But I'll play on the wing or in midfield, wherever the manager wants me to play.

Football's football. You're going to come across the good and the bad, but you've got to take it all in your stride.

It's football: sometimes you're fit, and sometimes you're not.