John Terry is a fantastic centre-back - a centre-back that a lot of people would put in their all-time Premier League XI.
As much as you want to improve or help the team, as a centre-back your job is to go under the radar and keep the ball out of the net. If you do that and let the strikers get all the adulation and the headlines, then you're probably doing your job.
But I don't see myself as someone who needs to be managed or has to worry about injuries.
So being unable to play for so long isn't where you want to be as a footballer. And if you are not playing for long periods of time, your career is only going to go one way.
There have been times in my football career where I've thought: 'Is this it? Is this as far as I'm going to go?'
When it got to the diagnosis of my knee and when I realised how long I was going to be out, my thoughts spiralled out of control.
John Terry has developed my game for sure.
Since I have been called up I think I have heard from everyone I have ever come into contact with in football, which is nice. Everyone has played their own part in my development and has a story to tell on my journey.
I do speak to a few people in non-league. There are a few people in Bristol where my family is based that I used to play with at Yate.
