Quotes By Wayne Rooney

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

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.

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've trained all my life. I've always been one who enjoys training so it's not something that I think I can just stop doing. It might not be as regular but I want to keep training.

I love football, football is my life.

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.

When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.

If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.

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'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.

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.

I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.

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.

Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.

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 don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.

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

There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For me, there would be trouble in stopping learning.

I'm only a human being.

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.

Some players don't like training and I've seen some players who aren't bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.

I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.