Quotes By Wayne Rooney

You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come.

Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time.

I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don't seem to matter. It's constant and harsh sometimes.

I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

I am mentally strong.

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.

I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I love Barbados, it's really relaxing.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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