I'm not sure how I became that way. But I've always been that way. Every team has to have at least one emotional player on the squad, or it wouldn't feel like a real squad. That lifts the squad up whenever it's down. That's what I try to do.
When you have a small, balanced squad, you can work better. First of all everyone is involved in every squad list, a meeting can be a good training session.
Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.
I'm always playing jokes, even on the manager - some, not many. I want to try and keep my place in the squad.
The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more
He gave me a lot of confidence because he said he liked my way of playing football. He said I was a person he really wanted to have in his squad. Something like that is always good to hear. It made me happy, especially as it came from such a great trainer like Jurgen Klopp. He showed how good he is at Dortmund with all the success he had.
(In) most cop shows, every cop in the squad speaks exactly the same and the same kind of short clipped film noir-ish talk.
You are all mates off the pitch, but on it, you are all competing for places. I think that only makes a healthier squad - more players fighting for positions can only mean everyone has got to step their game up.
Mascherano's impact as a leader is more important inside the squad, and Messi's leadership is more important in the pitch.
We are always trying to improve our squad because football is dynamic.
I need to always improve and that is why I work hard to try and keep my place in the squad.
I've got to think through all of those things - competition for places, players who need match minutes, and keeping the unity of the squad.
