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I can understand failure: I've failed loads of times in my life; it's not a problem. I've never feared it, because it's a part of life.
Craig Bellamy
If someone labels you, it is very hard to shake it off.
I see myself as a different sort of Welsh. Because we are from Cardiff, we see Wales as Cardiff. This is Wales; outside Cardiff is beyond. It's a strange one. You are really Welsh, but you're not, if you know what I mean.
Being Welsh means you sometimes get exposed to international football earlier. Again, that helps player development, speeds up their thought process in a different kind of environment.
My image is not the greatest, I imagine. You need to know me and understand me, see some of the things I do away from football. Maybe you have to be a fan of me to like me.
I let football drive me crazy. If we lost, I would shut myself away for two or three days, not sleeping, torturing myself about what I did.
I always say the best players I have ever worked with are the hardest players I have ever worked with.
So much of my career was affected by injuries. Not just the well documented surgery, but the hamstring pulls and other things. Injuries hit me hard, and they always seemed to come at key times.
I've got belief that the Newcastle fans know how much I want to play for them.
I joined Norwich when I was 15 and moved away from a life living on an estate in Cardiff and everything I knew. I moved away from my girlfriend, who is my wife now, and my nan, who has now passed away. I missed a lot.
Life isn't just about football. The adventure starts when you finish, and I'm looking forward to that.
The lads I played football with on the street when I was a kid in Cardiff were as good as me, and in many ways, my career is due to them.
It's up to people to judge whether I'm a good fella.
I played on anger for the first 15 years of my career.
I knew I needed to move away when I was 15, but when I got to Norwich, I spent nights crying myself to sleep with homesickness. For any young kid moving away from home, that is the biggest thing you have to deal with.
I'm aware of my value as a player, of course. But do I need to buy a holiday home that I'm only going to use two weeks every year? Course not. It's a waste. Why not give the money to people who could do with it.
Basically, we are all chimps. The human side is at the front of our forehead, but the chimp is the part that lashes out. When I play, I am completely chimp-orientated.
I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do.
There is no one better than Jose Mourinho for how he cherishes his players, and their affection for him is unique.
I don't think I'll ever get away from my reputation.
It's difficult. I'm a single parent now, and I'm having such a battle to see my kids on a daily basis. It's so hard.
I've always enjoyed the coaching side, working with young players, trying to improve them and to make them not only see football different but to see life differently.
I had a very good upbringing, which I'm eternally grateful for.
I was a troubled young kid, and I would try to break every rule.
I want to become one of the greatest managers that has ever lived. Why not? If it doesn't happen, then I've given everything, and I'd be proud of whatever I'm able to achieve.
I was just unhappy - and lonely at times. There was always that other side of me nagging away, bringing me down. The anger. Even after good games, I just went home and looked at the bad points. It was just nuts.
I started to realise I am not as strong as others, and I can't muscle someone off the ball who is twice the size of me. So I have altered my game, playing on the half-turn, for example, and it's made me a much better player.
Manchester City is the richest club in the world. They work to a budget that no one else works to, so they can write their own rules.
I believe I have a lot to offer when I finish football as well. I always said I didn't want to become a manager, but I changed that view.
I surround myself with family. I have got the most incredible wife in the world and unbelievable kids.
First and foremost, I am concentrating on staying fit. If I'm fit, I can challenge. If I ain't fit, I can't challenge.
My discipline in myself has got me where I am. I try to emphasise that to young players.
John Hartson, he speaks fluent Welsh and has the tattoos all over him to prove his Welshness. But in my own world, no one is more Welsh than myself.
I have so much to look forward to after football.
I am reading the biography of Pep Guardiola. I find it really interesting.
David Brooks - every time I see him, I like him. He breaks lines, runs beyond, and I like him a lot.
If you are going to say something, then be as honest as you can.
Glasgow was a tough city. You were adored, and you were hated.
My brother is gay - he's a couple of years older than me, and I could not be more proud of him. It was right for him. If a player was going through something similar at a younger age, I feel I would be understanding because I was there to watch it with my brother.
I've been playing at a professional level for 17, 18 years now, and there's more to life. I love the game, don't get me wrong - I've cherished every moment of it.
Look, we all make mistakes. That is no problem. But you have to be willing to make up for your mistakes and to help yourself.
Certain players need twice the recovery time of others because they run much more - not because they put in more effort but because they're playing different positions.
All I want to do now is prove my temperament is not a problem and get people talking about my football again.
Of course I want to keep playing; that's the best thing for any footballer. But I'm looking forward to not having to put my body through the pain, I have to say.
Before, I would spend all my hours at training, come home, sleep, eat, watch football, sleep, and go back to training the next day. Now I do the school run, train, pick up my daughter. I am living in the real world. I am a father now. That has given me more satisfaction than football.
I want to make sure that I am always ready: that if I step off the bench, I will make a contribution, then be given my chance.
I've grown up with Kenny Dalglish; now, to be signed by him is a massive honour.
What you live for is to wake up in the morning looking forward to training.
When I left Liverpool, my aim was to get into the top six, and I was looking for a team that could get involved at that level. West Ham were brilliant at the time. They'd signed a lot of players, had a lot of money. But they've had problems since then.
Football is about so much more than talent.
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