Obviously it's hard to lose a coach; that's not fun for anybody because you care about him and you have a relationship with him. But as players, we just have to keep moving on.
It's very physical in the midfield, but I've come into my own now, and I can handle it in there.
If you play for Manchester United, you have to be strong.
Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.
I know English football people say you have to look out for young players, that maybe they can play 15 or 20 games but not more. They are afraid. I am not afraid to put young players in. I am not afraid but maybe they are.
A lot of people don't realise how mentally tough the Premier League is.
When I played, you had a lot of enforcers. You would go to the hole, get knocked down, and the referee would look at you and say, 'Get stronger, get up, and keep playing.'
As a football player, you just deal with injuries. It's all part of the football game. I've dealt with injuries as much as everybody else. People have dealt with worse injuries than I've dealt with. It's all part of the game, all part of getting that tackle.
To play at Real Madrid, it is not enough to just have football quality. You must be mentally strong.
Some guys milk injuries and miss a couple games at the beginning. Other guys, they tough it out for the betterment of the team.
Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.
I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships.
I've been through a lot and played for a long time, so I can understand what others will go through. That's why I want to help them out. There are a lot of players who go to Belgium, for example, and have had terrible experiences. I know players, and they have come to me.
If you drop a player when his form dips, sometimes it never quite comes back.
Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.
In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.
