I am not someone who enjoys being on the bench.
There's no reason why we can't win trophies at Stoke, we'll try and win some cups and do as well as we can, but I obviously have ambitions.
We can only control what we do on the pitch and what we do on the training ground.
I have learned in football that you can't trust anyone and if you listen to what everyone says, more often than not it doesn't happen. So when I'm told 'so-and-so are interested' or 'such-and-such have done this' I don't get caught up in it all.
All I can focus on is playing as many games as I can at the highest level. If that leads me to the World Cup, then brilliant. It's certainly a target of mine.
You reach sometimes when you're at the lowest and times when you don't know if you are going to play again or when the next injection or operation might be. There are sometimes when you are at rock bottom. That's when you need people around you, at the club, the fans, little tweets on social media to give you some reassurance.
We are a rugby family really. My dad and both granddads played rugby. Dad was good, on his way to Bath until he broke his leg. My brother Harry got an invitation to go and play for Bristol. I go and watch Sale Sharks and have been to Twickenham a few times.
To be in the England squad, you have got to be playing well and your standards have got to be up there.
There's always people watching you, no matter who you are or who you're playing for.
If I could wish to steal anyone's attributes whose would it be? Good question. Maybe not a specific attribute, but if I could replicate the longevity of Buffon's career I'd be a happy man.
I want to play in the Champions League and I want to win trophies.
You never know what may happen with injuries and suspensions.
I love watching the Six Nations.
I feel I have experienced pretty much everything I can in football, winning, losing, the injury side and all the set-backs.
I am enjoying the opportunity to play in the Premier League.
I won't kick up a fuss and I will always be a team man, but ultimately I want to play.
I played rugby until I was 15, 16 and I eventually had to say, 'No, I have to choose one' and it was obviously going to be football, I miss playing rugby a lot.
My ambitions are to be the Stoke number one and England number one, but there are other things I want to achieve in my career as well.
Communication is something that I find if don't do, I will go missing, I won't be fully focused. If I'm constantly giving messages to the defenders not only do they know where they are but I am switched on and in the right position. It all links together.
It's a good thing isn't it, having competition? I enjoy it.
