Athlete

The pride you feel when you represent your country, not to mention scoring, is something you can't really explain. It's massive.

I was a natural talent, a raw talent. Then I came to Manchester City, and I learned philosophies.

I grew up in an area of inner-city Liverpool. There were plenty of opportunities but also plenty of challenges - you could go down the right or wrong path, depending on one moment.

Football still gives me butterflies; it still makes me smile.

From the age of seven, I knew I wanted to play football - I didn't think about it in a professional sense in terms of making money from it; it was more about the social aspect of being with my friends and losing myself in the sport.

I'm in a position where I can have an effect on young people. If people can take inspiration from me, that's great.

I'm confident in myself. It's not a case of I've missed a penalty, and I'm down.

I have a niece now, and it makes me want to be better for her, just to show that there's a big wide world outside Toxteth, and you can imprint yourself in any one of those places as long as you do the hard work and have the desire.

Our keeper, Karen Bardsley, stakes out any penalty, any free-kick, any corner. KB knows the detail of how the person will take it.

The Champions League is one trophy that I need to win.

I knew from a young age what I wanted to do, but that's not the case for everyone. Some go through different paths to reach their destination.

I've always wanted to work with young people from disadvantaged areas.

I grew up in an area of inner-city Liverpool. There were plenty of opportunities but also plenty of challenges - you could go down the right or wrong path, depending on one moment.

Our keeper, Karen Bardsley, stakes out any penalty, any free-kick, any corner. KB knows the detail of how the person will take it.

Our under-19s, under-20s, under-17s teams are all getting into Euro finals, World Cup finals, winning bronze medals. We're winning bronze medals; it's about that final step now. We've got to punish teams. In every game - youth games, senior games - just to push the game further.

I would say the best trick I've pulled was putting salt instead of sugar in Phil Neville's tea.

There was always sibling rivalry. Tennis, football, boxing, whatever - you always want to come out on top of big sis.

I do a bit of boxing in the off-season to stay fit - it's a different kind of fitness.

As long as I can keep one child off the streets or change one child's life for the better, then that's enough for me.

Ever since I was kid, I dreamed of playing for England.