Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.
People think that football is all glamour and money but trust me all footballers go through the same boring and annoying things as everybody else.
I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.
Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up that time with stuff that isn't always positive.
Everyone has got a perception of what a footballer is and, because I am a certain size, that I can only play one way - as a battering ram.
A footballer who says they don't want to start games is in the wrong job.
I do think there is a responsibility for myself as being a senior professional footballer to be able to pass on my experiences to the younger generation.
I know that I don't look like a footballer but I've always enjoyed working out and I've always been bigger than most people out there. I come from big stock. If you see my brothers and me together, we look like a wrestling tag team trio.
You go to a lot of cities they've got these great big footballer's houses. There's not many in Stoke-on-Trent.
I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people.
