I feel very strong as an individual but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

I became famous so quickly and so young - it was daunting. I was immature and I used to say some really stupid things in interviews. I never smiled on stage so I looked really serious but it was because I hated my teeth and was incredibly nervous.

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop and 26 world championships.

Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy.

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers I would have got into a whole load of trouble.