I believe I have a lot to offer when I finish football as well. I always said I didn't want to become a manager, but I changed that view.
I can understand a bad pass or something like that; I don't get irate. But the one thing I can never accept is a lack of work rate. You have to be able to give everything you have.
I don't like the Italian approach. I don't want to be involved in that kind of football.
I was just unhappy - and lonely at times. There was always that other side of me nagging away, bringing me down. The anger. Even after good games, I just went home and looked at the bad points. It was just nuts.
When I left Liverpool, my aim was to get into the top six, and I was looking for a team that could get involved at that level. West Ham were brilliant at the time. They'd signed a lot of players, had a lot of money. But they've had problems since then.
I'm aware of my value as a player, of course. But do I need to buy a holiday home that I'm only going to use two weeks every year? Course not. It's a waste. Why not give the money to people who could do with it.
Before, I would spend all my hours at training, come home, sleep, eat, watch football, sleep, and go back to training the next day. Now I do the school run, train, pick up my daughter. I am living in the real world. I am a father now. That has given me more satisfaction than football.
First and foremost, I am concentrating on staying fit. If I'm fit, I can challenge. If I ain't fit, I can't challenge.
I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do.
My brother is gay - he's a couple of years older than me, and I could not be more proud of him. It was right for him. If a player was going through something similar at a younger age, I feel I would be understanding because I was there to watch it with my brother.
I surround myself with family. I have got the most incredible wife in the world and unbelievable kids.
Glasgow was a tough city. You were adored, and you were hated.
Life isn't just about football. The adventure starts when you finish, and I'm looking forward to that.
The lads I played football with on the street when I was a kid in Cardiff were as good as me, and in many ways, my career is due to them.
If I ever wrote an autobiography - and I won't - it would be called 'Don't Google Me.'
I've always enjoyed the coaching side, working with young players, trying to improve them and to make them not only see football different but to see life differently.
I can understand failure: I've failed loads of times in my life; it's not a problem. I've never feared it, because it's a part of life.
David Brooks - every time I see him, I like him. He breaks lines, runs beyond, and I like him a lot.
Football - a simple game really, yet generally, in the game, we make the simple things seem harder. But it's those simple things that get you to the top.
Teams do not make their debut in the first XI - individuals do - but it is the team that enables the individual to get the best out of himself. Football IQ, I call it, understanding roles and the team structure.
