I started playing football with my mates and my brothers, in the playground or the park or the front garden. It was just about enjoying it, having a good time playing. I wanted to play all the time.
No matter how good you are, your mentality has got to be right. A lot of young players, that's where they go wrong, and that's what I've always seen when I was growing up - players who are almost there but couldn't quite get there because the mentality wasn't right.
There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.
The way myself and my brothers have been brought up is that you don't give to receive, you give to give, and that is the way life is.
It's always great to see someone's life change for the better, and to be involved in something like that is really uplifting for me.
To be a Premier League player is something that not everyone can say; even some of the best players in the world can't say that!
