Rooney, "If I had played earlier, I would not have been being fair to myself. I would not have been 100% fit and there would still have been a risk of it breaking again. Obviously, if there was a chance to play I would have loved to do so, but in the end, the right decision was not to."
He also doesn't feel that he has a problem with discipline, "I don't get fed up with people talking about my temperament because I don't think there is a problem. If we are not winning I am not smiling, if we are winning I am. That tells you how much I want to win the game. Losing or drawing a game can cost us the league or a cup. I want to win all the time. If I don't, I am not happy."
Rooney also spoke of his celebrity and how little he enjoys it, "I am used to the spotlight but I hate it really," he reflected. I am a private person and when I finish training I either go over to my aunt and uncle's or just sit in and watch TV all day. It's quite boring really. I have just started playing golf, although I am not the best, and I play a bit of pool and also on the computer, but that's about it. People who write different things don't know me."