The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning
Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.
At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.
I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.
You have to be professional and think about the future.
You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.
People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.
Eat when it's time to eat. And move along when it's time to move along.
Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing. . . Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.
Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated.
How do I speak Spanish? Not too well.