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The truth is I don't feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to.
I've got about 5 million followers on Twitter, and if I tweet anything, there will be faux outrage.
As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin.
I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.
We are in the the entertainment business, and we all know if you are top of the tree, you get big money.
The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't.
I've loved George Michael for as long as I can remember. He was an absolute inspiration. Always ahead of his time.
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
This whole science thing of working out if players are a little bit tired just gives you an excuse to leave them out.
Ferrari or Lamborghini. Never fancied one of those - too flash for me. I don't really like seeking too much attention.
Very sad to hear the news about George Michael. An incredible talent who brought joy to millions of us with his music.
Presenting football is something that I love to do. I'm very fortunate being able to do one of the BBC's flagship shows.
The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
There is Twitter outrage at everything. Be it a pair of trousers or a short skirt, somebody, somewhere, will not like it.
The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What's happening to our country?
People are possibly not spelling 'Leicester' correctly everywhere round the globe, but they are at least saying it correctly now.
If you are at the top in entertainment, you earn money that you can never justify to ordinary people doing proper jobs. You can't.
Footballers are more likely to work better if they get a pat on their back from the boss. A knife in the back is never the answer.
Wouldn't it be lovely if death gave us a day's notice so giants like George Michael could see how much they were revered and adored.
Congratulations to Thierry Henry on a truly wonderful career. One of the great footballers of our time and a top bloke. Bonne chance.
I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people.
Not many players would turn down a chance to play for Real Madrid and Barcelona, as they're right at the top the tree in terms of football.
On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.
I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.
My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.
Football's the big cheese, if you like. It's easy to have a swipe. There's a lot of footballers, and when they fall foul, they become big news.
Ultimately, if we can develop enough players, the balance of foreign players isn't great, but that's because we're not producing enough players.
Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.
Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins.
He's got great credentials by winning the World Cup, but he did it with Brazil - my granny could probably have managed Brazil to World Cup success.
In this country, since footballs made from pigs' bladders were whacked into goals without nets, we've played on full-size pitches. Whatever our age.
I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.
I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.
When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!
I've had hundreds of requests from journalists all over the world asking me to speak about Leicester, which is astonishing. It's captured the imagination.
Basically, Walkers are putting real produce into their flavours, so the cheese and onion flavour is actually cheese and onion rather than just flavourings.
People are fed up with the way things are. There is a lot of bitterness out there, a lot of anger about a lack of jobs and concerns for the next generation.
Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.
I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
If I hadn't have been good enough at football, I'd have been a sports journalist - which is what I do now anyway. Or a cricketer. I might have been a cricketer.
We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.
It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.
It's only a matter of time before the English clubs become a lot more competitive in Europe, if not dominant, because our league is, by far, the richest league in the world.
When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.