Phrases

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7

I needed two stitches after Alex (Ferguson) kicked the boot at me.

I have come to accept that if I have a new haircut it is front page news. But having a picture of my foot on the front page of a national newspaper is a bit exceptional.

We're definitely going to get Brooklyn christened, but we don't know into which religion!

I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite - dark and loud.

On being put out of the World Cup: That was the past, this is the future.

We've been asked to do 'Playboy' together, me and Victoria, as a pair. I don't think I'll ever go naked, but I'll never say never.

When I was 7 I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it's put me now!

I know that, as captain, you are in a privileged position and must always abide by Fifa's code of fair play, something which I have always done throughout my career [after deliberately getting a yellow card to miss a match]