Ryan giggs

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.

Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.

It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them - the money they're given. Some of the families give up their jobs and live...

I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would...

When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.

If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?

Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full - you want to win games, and as a result, trophies.

As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I'm going to play for Man United, and that's what my focus is on.

Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before you've done anything.