ROONEY

Last updated : 26 March 2006 By Ed

"Everywhere you go people are looking at you. I just try to look forward and keep walking. Some days it's good and there are other days when you are tired and you just want to go home. I used to hate it but I've come to accept it. But when I go home to my estate everybody knows me and they still talk to me in the same way. That helps me keep my feet on the ground.

"We're at training till 1pm and some days you have your commercial work to do, some days you go home and rest. I like going home and just lounging around on the sofa. Footballers nowadays are role models. It's nice that you can communicate with kids when you do your commercial stuff."