“When I was in Spain, I found that tough because I was injured for a ye...” — Jonathan Woodgate Quote

When I was in Spain, I found that tough because I was injured for a year. You cannot really go out on a weekend if you are injured because you are doing everything you can to get fit.

I'll be positive. That just comes naturally to me. I was like that as a player, that's how I coped with the injuries and all the other negative things that happen.

Actually, I was more unsure of myself growing up, shy. I was nervous as a kid. I grew into this person, the better I got at football, the more I grew as a person. The two went together, the more I played, the better I got and the better I got, the more confident and positive I became.

Gyms can be very boring on your own.

It can be tough, because watching your children play, you want them to do so well and it's tough to take as a parent. When you see them flying into a tackle, that's when the parent instinct comes in 'oh, don't get yourself injured.' You don't want anything to happen to them, you just want them to be happy and successful.

You can play with a brain that is injured - you can't play with an injured knee. That's the problem.

I was supposed to fight a guy back in the day. He didn't shower, specifically to throw off his opponents. Thank God I got injured, and I couldn't fight the fight. I was so worried about it. I was like, 'Oh my God - I heard about this guy.' It was the worst ever.

I'm not a good spectator; I'm a nightmare when I'm injured and I'm not playing.