When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.
Bayern Munich are probably the standout team on the planet.
The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.
I think it's getting tougher and tougher, all the big teams are getting stronger and there's more of them.
I loved [Real Madrid]. It was a real experience, playing with a great team. One of the first questions I'm often asked is 'What was Madrid like?' It's got that mystique about it. It's a magical place and a magical team, and everything about it is great.
While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.
[Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international level is much more difficult than it was a few years back because even the lesser teams are well organised and don't concede too many goals these days.
Often the biggest test is when the chips are down and you've got to stick together as a team.
