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I want to show people I can play.
Football works in mysterious ways.
Express yourself in any way possible.
I've been to Dubai many times for holidays.
I always try to think positive and move forward.
I have no regrets whatsoever about coming back to City.
I've never been able to touch my toes. Seriously, never.
I don't read the newspapers, to be quite honest with you.
In a Premier League race, it's never over until it's over.
I just enjoy playing football no matter where I am chosen.
Ideally, you want a defender with Premier League experience.
Representing your country is a highlight in everybody's career.
I think Mark Hughes is the type of manager people want to play for.
I just want to give 110 per cent and do the best I can when I'm used.
Chelsea are a massive family, that is the great thing about the club.
What everybody talks about is their own problem, to be honest with you.
I left for Chelsea to learn new things, at a new club with new players.
Well, I like cars. Just because you have two it doesn't make you flash.
I learned a lot at Chelsea partly down to the players I played alongside.
I wouldn't particularly say I liked rugby but it got us playing football.
At City I went back there on the basis of playing for manager Mark Hughes.
I never try to prove anybody wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I like playing on the right because it favours me as it is my natural side.
It's always going to have meaning if you can help your brother achieve his targets.
I ain't flash. I'm just plain old Shaun, the same as I was when I grew up in South London.
Sometimes people don't realise just how hard it is to play with 10 men in the Premier League.
There is definitely an argument that Sergio Aguero is the Premier League's best ever striker.
Criticism is part of football. Everybody gets it at some point. I have had it, most players do.
I'm always learning and you are never too old to stop learning new things and improve your game.
I am strong minded, a believer that you can make things happen if you really want it that badly.
I am not a person to quit. If something needs harder work then I will put my head down and do it.
Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.
Everybody manages differently and as far as I'm concerned the results are the only thing that counts.
I think, as a fan, when you are sitting there in the stadium you want to be on the edge of your seat.
In football there's passion so you have lifelong fans, they bring their sons up, their grandchild comes.
In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.
I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.
The only thing Chelsea and Manchester City have in common is the fact that both clubs have a lot of money.
I'm not the sort of person to entertain doubts or dwell on negative comments from other people in any case.
Growing up, Arsenal were always such a big team, they were dominant and would always give you a tough game.
Obviously, I know there are players here who earn more than twice what I do. But that's not the issue for me.
Some people handle situations differently - some people have a reaction, some people let it go over their head.
My dad's helped me a lot as a player, encouraged me in all the right ways, kept me focussing on the right lines.
All Premier League fixtures are tricky, you always need your wits about you whether you are playing top or bottom.
In a game I'm, like, 'Rubber Man' or something but, off the pitch, I'm the least flexible person you could imagine.
Football is like a rollercoaster and if you keep dwelling on what's happened in the past you're never going to move.
I think my best spell in terms of personal performance was in 2004 - but the best team was under Mark Hughes with Elano.
If you are hurting inside, you can't really show it because you want the team to do well because that's part of football.
It's really great to see all the people who've become involved in building up the Premier League, especially in the States.
That's the downside of playing for one of the top teams: that no matter how well you play, sometimes you have to step aside.