“I have a few pictures around the house at home and while I look upon my achievements with fondness, they are there for my mum and dad and my wife and kids to enjoy for the moment. The key to this place is that nobody looks back because you can’t afford to. The people who dwell on their achievements, those players always end up leaving. When I was younger, the manager would say to me, ‘The minute the final whistle goes in the last championship game or the cup final, I look forward’, and that became my mentality. When my career is over, maybe I will enjoy what we have achieved here. That will be the time.”
“We went out to a local Italian restaurant last night, to celebrate our birthdays, because my sister Tracey and I are twins. Tracey was there, my brother Gary and his girlfriend, my wife and I and my parents. I look at the friendship that exists between Gary, Tracey and me and I consider that is our parents’ greatest achievement. I am a parent now and to have our kids as close as the three of us are, that’s the challenge.”
“In our family, our belief is that Tracey’s achievement far outweighs mine and Gary’s. She has played more than 100 times for England at netball and she has done it on her own. We have the personal trainers, the unbelievable gym, the best coaches, the best training pitches. She washes her own gear.