“Every time I smacked my right foot to the ground I couldn't absorb sho...” — Emma Hayes Quote

Every time I smacked my right foot to the ground I couldn't absorb shock. So no matter what, I've thought about this a lot, it doesn't matter what my life in football would have looked like, it was so traumatic for me that I just couldn't play the game I loved. And I didn't know how to handle that as a teenager.

I have a baby in the house, for any parent it is challenging knowing that you have to find different solutions daily, different routines daily.

I am happy to play Barcelona in a one-off game, in a neutral venue. Why? Because Spanish teams are tricky.

I've shown the players geese videos. I've shown them why geese fly in V formation, what everybody's role is, how geese support each other and, most importantly, why you fly further together. That's the bottom line. Geese wouldn't be able to migrate to the sun without all traveling together. It's the same for us.

Everyone loves a win in India. No one wants to lose a match. It is the cricketer who absorbs all the pressure.

I have been 'absorbing' people - their voices, their mannerisms - all my life, to the point where I am a sort of Frankenstein of different people. My own speaking voice is, in fact, a mixture of how my two best mates speak, because they are cool, and I am not.

America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.

It was sort of his 'Brando' moment - his very 'method' moment. He just absorbed it and continued on.