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It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them - the money they're given. Some of the families give up their jobs and live off their sons. That would never have happened 10 years ago.
Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?
My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.
My weight doesn't really fluctuate, but I make sure I don't eat late at night. It's about making sure I'm right physically because mentally I'm OK.
There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.
Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before you've done anything.
What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.
When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.
Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?
Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.
You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.
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