“My dad would let me leave work an hour early if I had a game. I'd driv...” — Charlie Austin Quote

My dad would let me leave work an hour early if I had a game. I'd drive back an hour to Bournemouth, get my bag ready and be off to the game for a half six meet - so on a Tuesday it was a rush.

I've got a strong family, close friends and hobbies outside football that keep my feet on the ground.

It's not nice getting up at 6 am, when it's pitch black and you have to get in a van with 10 other lads, to go and work in a muddy building site in the winter, and not get home until 5.30 or 6.

My life had changed from being a bricklayer to a regular goalscorer in League One.

I get excited about all the things in football. But when I have days when I get too carried away with myself I look back at where I've come from.

In every single one of my purses, even my little satin clutch and my tiny Chanel bag, I always carry a lint roller. I keep them in every drawer, in every desk and nightstand. I just buy those at the dollar store in bulk.

I was doing a lot of boxing through 'Lost,' thrashing a bag at least three days a week. If I had shirtless scenes, I'd do it six days a week.

Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge.

I don't care how many beauty treatments you have, I don't care which bag you're carrying - you have to have a dress.