I think every manager has that, the so-called hairdryer treatment when things need a little turnaround.

A manager has to have all different sides covered.

It's nice when you can have that battle on the pitch and then there's respect after the game because, ultimately, you are just trying to do your best.

As players we don't want to be sitting on the touchline or watching the games in the directors' box. That is no fun.

Obviously with a knee injury there are certain protocols that need to happen.

When you get the shirt and a position in the team, you don't want to give it up.

I just have to make sure that, whenever an opportunity arises, I keep taking them.

As players you need to have thick skin and we need to have belief that you will have bad days but it's about making sure you have more good days than bad.

Just to be able to be at a club like Manchester United for so long when I first joined, you never know how it's going to turn out.

It makes me very proud that a club like Manchester United have wanted me to be here as long as I have been.

I always hoped I'd get a chance to prove myself at the top level because I believed I could do it, but making your way up the football ladder is very tough.

Hopefully I can take my chances when I get them.

If you would have told me that I'd be in a European final back when I was at Maidstone then I wouldn't have believed you.

A good pre-season is essential if you want to do well.

Fabio Capello has probably seen me play more games at centre-half but for him to have the faith in me to play in a different position is great for my confidence and I hope I did him justice.

Anyone who wants to be a centre-half would have to say that John Terry is a role model. Every centre-half in the game would agree with that. It is the way he leads the team and the way he reads the game.

All you can do is let your football do the talking.

Of course you want to be playing in the summer.

I just want to do my best.

You just have to learn that you can't always go and win that ball and there are certain moments to do it.

There are lots of aspects to work on my game, which the coaches do with me every day.

The FA Cup is notoriously unpredictable.

Transfer speculation during the off-season does spur you on.

When you come to Manchester United, in every transfer window - whether the team is doing well or badly - there are always players linked with the club because this club is always linked with the best players.

You can't rest on six months of good performances because as soon as you have a blip, there is always another player to take your place.

We take more risks at United than the majority of teams but the manager wants us to play.

Throughout my career I have developed a thick skin against verbal abuse, justifying it as just 'part of the game' but the time has come for Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to consider regulating their channels, taking responsibility for protecting the mental health of users regardless of age, race, sex or income.

I understand that I am in an extremely privileged position and I am deeply thankful for that but, at the end of the day, we are all human.

As a patron of a youth education charity it is my duty to use my platform as a voice for all, regardless of background.

We have to take a greater stand against discrimination of all kinds.

Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.

It is nice to hear yourself being compared to great players.

I would have gone to Loughborough to study business management and was looking forward to that very much.

I like to get the ball down and play, but I can always get stuck in and hold my own.

I quite like being aggressive and horrible which gives you more confidence to dictate over strikers and to make them feel they have had a frustrating game when they've walked off the pitch, feeling very down.

Whether it's the Premier League or the Champions League, I can showcase my abilities.

With United the spotlight is always on and there's always going to be that pressure, no matter what the game is.

Football was always a dream, but a distant dream until when I was about to go to university. I'd had a couple of trials, but it wasn't a realistic dream, it was a kid's dream.

Football Beyond Borders is about learning, establishing new beliefs in an ability to succeed.

When someone like Lukaku gets you in the position where he's holding you off it is key to try and nick it in front of him.

All of us are professionals and no player wants not to play.

I had the offer of places at Leicester and Loughborough to study financial economics.

I liked business studies and economics at school and it followed on from there.

I had nothing to lose at my Fulham trial and I just gave it my all.

It doesn't matter whether it's the 93rd minute, Giggsy is making his jinky, mazy little runs. You could forgive him for maybe not coming out training every day, because he's done so much in the game, but every day he's out there. He doesn't seem to need a rest.

Even before I joined Manchester United, I knew of Wazza as a hard worker.

At cricket, I was mainly a bowler and tried to bat. I hit the odd four or six and then got out! In athletics, I was mainly triple jump and 200m.

I liked Thierry Henry. I watched Arsenal so much on TV.

If they want to kick the ball up in the air, I will challenge all day long.

You can put too much pressure on yourself. You can start forcing balls, maybe trying too hard. You make things too complicated.