I give everything when I'm on the pitch. When I'm at the training ground, working in the gym or whatever, I always give everything I've got.
The worst position you are in is when you are on the medical bed, and you can't get out on that training pitch.
You have to be on top of your game, train hard every day, and try to convince the boss throughout the week that he should put you in the team.
Being a midfielder, I need to get up and down, whether it's to get back and defend or get away from my opposite number. Extra effort in training makes all the difference.
I think there needs to be modified penalties in training camp because there's severely modified compensation in training camp for all of us.
As you get older, the summer is less of a vacation and more of a training period by yourself away from the team. It's exciting for me. I felt like I've been really getting better as far as my conditioning every single season as I get older.
It's fun playing villains. It's people who are not held by any moral constraints - or any constraints, for that matter. It's a chance to be completely off the leash and do things that you never could in real life.
I feel so fortunate and lucky I don't have to be a waitress or a bartender or a personal trainer.
In any business, there are facilities that excel at what they do and others that need improvement and further training.
The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
