Quotes By Wayne Rooney

Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.

When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.'

If we're on long-haul flights I've been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine.

You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.

I love Barbados, it's really relaxing.

Diving has been in the game for years. Probably the coverage the game gets now, with all the cameras around, it gets highlighted a bit more. But it hasn't got any worse.

Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player.

I think the fans are going to expect a lot from me, as they should.

Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing - if it's red top, white shorts, white socks or black socks. Then I lie in bed the night before the game and visualise myself scoring goals or doing well.

I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.

I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.

If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.

You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.

If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.

I'm just a normal young lad who plays football.

I might have faults but I'm not a big head.

When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

I am as passionate about the England team as anyone.

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.

Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.

Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling.

I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.