Lee Cattermole

“The hardest thing for young footballers is that you start earning money and you can start copying other players.”

“Gutless is a strong word, do you know what I mean? It doesn't take a lot of guts to sit behind a laptop at a match and write it.”

“You've got to play with passion and spirit and I will always roll up my sleeves and give it a good go.”

“There was a rule for the under-13s at Middlesbrough that you were never allowed to swear. If you did, the manager had to take you off as punishment. But I couldn't stop myself. I'd just get frustrated, I guess.”

“I always give my all and I don't like losing. In fact, I hate losing.”

“As I got older I started doing what I wanted. I enjoy my life now. Age helped; people change a lot between 17 and 30.”

“I've played against a lot of the guys who have got into the England squad - Scott Parker, Jimmy Bullard, people like that - and I feel like I'm holding my own.”

“If you ask any footballer, if you haven't won a game all season you're not going to be confident.”

“Sometimes you forget that you are people's hero as well. People do look up to you and I'd forgotten that because, to me, I am just a normal lad.”

“I always felt capable of playing at the highest level. The biggest disappointment is that I've had a lot of injuries.”

“If things don't go well, the manager is on his way because it's such a blow if you drop into the lower divisions.”

“I've always enjoyed playing there. As you drive into Newcastle you see the stadium and you get a buzz. It's a good feeling.”

“That is what I love about golf, you can go play somewhere where all the greats have played.”

“I'll always hold Middlesbrough close to my heart. I'll always remember my time there.”

“Every footballer enjoys having the ball at their feet. There are times in training you find yourself without the ball. I enjoy that side of it as well. If we can spend more time working with the ball then everyone will enjoy it.”

“Playing in front of 40,000-plus crowds will be brilliant.”

“When I was a kid at Middlesbrough, we had the best captain ever in Gareth Southgate who was absolutely brilliant.”

“The main reason I went on Twitter was to look at golfers like Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy and see what they are up to.”

“I've got goals I want to achieve in my career and I'm working towards them every day.”

“There's two sides to the game, and you have to do the ugly side as well. If you're getting beat, and you're conceding the goals that we're getting beaten by, then it's because you're not defending and shutting people down well enough.”