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“I think my faith is important. Being young as well, sometimes it's difficult, but I've got a good family behind me as well.”
“I don't do chat-up lines. Girls often tell me I'm cheeky. Being cheeky seems to work OK for me.”
“When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.”
“It doesn't matter who you are, football's a business. At some stage you're going to have to leave a football club; that's just normal.”
“I still bump into Spurs fans who say: 'Why did you have to go?' I say back: 'What more could I have done?' I talk to them and I think they appreciate I had good reasons.”
“For me, there's nothing that beats playing. When I'm not playing, I'll watch games on the television, watch stuff on You Tube, everything. I just live for football, love watching great players.”
“I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.”
“I am a bit of a control freak. If I get married, my wife isn't going out. No way. She's staying at home. She's not going out to clubs without me. I've already decided the rules, whoever she is.”
“To win a major tournament you have to face the top teams at some point, but if you avoid those at the beginning then you can win games and build confidence. I think the key is just to get off to a good start.”
“I love scoring - even in training.”
“I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.”
“I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd.”
“I just get up in the morning and say: 'Yeah man, I'm ready to score goals.'”
“When I get up in the morning, I look forward to the games and I'm just buzzing. At the end of the day, if you are nervous or scared before games, you are not going to perform. I just go out there and think, 'If I get a chance, I'm going to score' and that's it.”
“I've got a Ferrari 430. It's black. I don't know what it cost but it wasn't cheap. I bought it because I was being a boy. It's fast and looks good.”
“I want to again highlight the desperate need for us to pull together - the world over - to tackle knife crime and teach everyone how sacred a life is.”
“I feel 21. I've looked after myself and take my football seriously.”
“I don't feel like I'm getting older. I think it's the way I've looked after myself. I take my football seriously. I love scoring goals and I get a good feeling from it, so I'll do whatever it takes to be fit and feel good in games.”
“When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.”
“I don't go out drinking and stuff like that. My friends say 'Just have one drink, JD.' I say 'What's the point?' I'll go to a club and have a Red Bull, get my buzz. And the next day I feel cool. It's discipline, not just with drinking but a lot of things in life. You've just got to look at the bigger picture.”