ASHLEY YOUNG

I've had the same hunger, the same desire to win, since I started kicking a football when I was five years old.

I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.

As I've got older, the nerves aren't there anymore; they just left one day when I was at Watford. I only feel excitement now, whatever the game.

I'm just the same as everyone - I can remember, growing up, watching the World Cup.

I've always got that determination, to get back in the squad and get back playing.

I've been watching 'Power.' I've been hooked on it.

I was 11 years old and was racially abused on the pitch. It was obviously disappointing to hear it at such a young age.

As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.

I think age is just a number - if you are young enough, you are old enough - as long as you are good enough, age shouldn't come into it.

I've played at a European Championship; to represent your country at a World Cup is every boy's dream, and for me, it would definitely be a dream come true.

It's about taking the game to the opposition, always believing in yourself.

Players have to adapt nowadays, and if you have a good football brain, if you can read the game, you can manage it.

I've always said, when you join a club like United, it's a tough place to play at. But if you play and train and give 100%, then get your opportunity - I've always said you always get your opportunity there.

Kids ask me about what they should do to make it, and I tell them, 'Just get your head down and work, work, work.'

You want to be in touch with the fans. The fans want to get to know your personality and character.

If I'm asked to play a certain position, I'll do it 100 per cent.

I just want to do well in every game that I'm picked to play.

It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.

I've come through it and seen people in football that are sharks. They are ones to stay away from.

There are a lot of players competing for that wide attacking role, and if I'm brutally honest, if you aren't playing regularly, you can't get picked. I found that out, missing out on the World Cup.

I want to be creative, to get on the ball, to play.

I'm a versatile player, can play in numerous positions, and I have a good football brain, even if it is getting older.

My dad worked in the IT industry, although I haven't got a clue what he did. He always tells me but it just goes over my head.

All I can do is keep playing as well as I can for United.

It is always disappointing to obviously concede.