Quotes from Ashley Cole

It happens in football: you are loved one day and hated the next.

At the end of the day, I'm human. I'm English - I was born here. Of course I'm a different colour from you, but I'm still human. The main thing is, I'm human - like everyone else. Because I'm a different colour doesn't mean there is a difference.

I want to continue to win things, hopefully something with England, and if I can score the winning goal at the World Cup, then maybe they will like me again.

I never think I want to go to another World Cup just to be in the record books again and play in six tournaments or four World Cups. If I am lucky enough to go, I want to go there to fight for my place and win something in an England shirt.

For me, above everything else, I want to win another title.

To be honest, I don't think I've played bad for England, I've certainly not been as bad as some people say. That criticism has been hard to take. I don't think I've let the country down too many times.

Soccer players in L.A. can kind of just walk the streets. They have bigger people to take pictures of. They see Sylvester Stallone walking down the street, I don't think they are going to want an Ashley Cole picture, to be honest.

I don't look too far ahead, to be honest.

I watch football sometimes at home, but in my downtime, I play pool with my friends. Darts - I enjoy darts now, and when there is a game not coming up, I enjoy playing golf as well. I'm not very good at golf, but I enjoy being able to relax.

I don't dance! Only when I'm on holiday.

To put on an England shirt to represent your country is a great honour. That feeling never changes.

I can picture it now, where I grew and me playing in the cage where I used to play. To see what I've achieved and where I've been, the countries I've seen, tournaments I've played in, players I've played against, it's incredible.

I'd Love to be captain of Arsenal for even just one day.

You just want to play. You don't think about the money, how many followers you've got on Instagram. You just want to make it. You don't understand the demands, how intense it is at times - the scrutiny you're going to get.

When you come out and know you're singing the national anthem, it gives you a buzz and gets you lifted for the game.

I don't really like seeing myself on TV doing interviews.

I've always loved Jay-Z's music and loved what he's done.

When you've got certain people like Jay-Z wanting to work with me, then it makes you think people do love me.

When I was a young kid, I never expected to play for Arsenal or England.

I have been lucky to win trophies. That is my aim.

I wanted to stay at Chelsea because we are always fighting and challenging for trophies. That desire and the will to want to win things have not gone.

Of course it would be nice to go to another Champions League final and hopefully win it again one day, but for me, the Premier League is the best trophy to have.

As players, you never make one trophy a priority.

English players are probably scared to come abroad. They are in a comfort zone in England: that's where we grew up; that's where we played in youth teams.