That's what being a footballer is, really: you train at this time, you finish at that time, then you do that, then you go home, then you're not allowed out, then you do this... there comes a point in your career - about thirty, thirty-one - when you get a bit sick of being screamed at.

I'd like to go out with friends, but I train twice a day, then I go to school, and at night I go home.

Any time I get to go home is a joyous occasion.

It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.

If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.

I always go home to Buffalo in the offseason. I really enjoy my home town.