I try to get better in every aspect of my life, not just on the football field. I am competitive, and I just want to always get better.
I just don't like losing, I don't like losing, full stop. Even if it's at FIFA.
I don't want to be the one that says Liverpool can go on and win the league. But there's a real belief and togetherness in the squad; we're all working for each other. We all know what the dream is at the end of it.
I just want to be seen as a kid who loves to play football and to do the best for the team.
There's a perception in certain parts of the media that I love 'bling.' I love diamonds. I love to show off. I really don't understand where that comes from.
Performing for my dad does drive me on. Especially in big games, massive games.
If people want to write about my mum's bathroom in her house, all I have to tell you is that 15 years ago, we were cleaning toilets in Stonebridge and getting breakfast out of the vending machine. If anybody deserves to be happy, it's my mum.
I am always analysing myself; I am always critical of myself and always trying to improve.
England is still a place where a naughty boy who comes from nothing can live his dream.
I've come to a point in my career where it doesn't matter if I dribble or nutmeg someone. The only thing that matters is whether I was decisive, did I put the ball in the back of the net today, and did it help the team win.
I've just got face: he looks like a brat. The 'I don't like face.' That's how I see it. And I'm not a brat. Sometimes I'm watching a movie, and you see a character and go, 'I don't like him' - that's me.
My mum was working as a cleaner at some hotels to make extra money so she could pay for her degree. I'll never forget waking up at five in the morning before school and helping her clean the toilets at the hotel in Stonebridge.
It's never been about money. I talk about winning trophies throughout my career. That's all I talk about.
I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.
It's always an honor to put on an England shirt, but this one is different - it makes you really feel fast; plus, it's light and fits nicely.
I don't think I'm the most confident person, but I have people around me who, while they don't say I am the greatest thing in football, have a general belief in me.
Sometimes you can get sloppy and control the ball right at your feet, and that gives the defenders a chance.
I just want to take the time to think about what I've achieved in my career so far, where I need to go, and what I need to do to get better as a player.
Growing up, you watch players like Ronaldinho playing in World Cups, doing the business, and you idolise these people.
A better goals-to-game ratio is the aim for me now. If you score goals, you will get people talking about you.
