Beast Mode On is a state of mind. Beast Mode is about applying yourself and defying the limitations people put on you.
Adebayo Akinfenwa
I am not a small guy - I will be the first to say it.
I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.
I was always a big guy. You see my family - my brothers are the same size.
If you want to gamble, so be it, but when it gets to the stage where gambling is the only thing you are thinking of and it is affecting your life, that's when you need to put a hold on it.
I know that I don't look like a footballer but I've always enjoyed working out and I've always been bigger than most people out there. I come from big stock. If you see my brothers and me together, we look like a wrestling tag team trio.
Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.
People said I'm too big to play football.
My old boss Aidy Boothroyd is a great man and I've got no malice or anything toward him.
My Christian faith has guided me.
Everyday I'm just going to continue defying limitations.
As you get older, you know what you're good at and you know what you're not so good at. Your ego comes out of it, and then you realise you can't play every game, there'll be certain games where you won't be so affected... so you've just got to concentrate on what you are.
John Barnes was my idol growing up and he's the reason I've supported Liverpool. I play nothing like him, though!
As players we have to be careful what we put out there and make sure everything we do is appropriate. And it is not always easy.
I'm an eclectic individual when it comes to film. I love my Disney: 'Aladdin,' 'The Lion King.' Also, 'Romeo+Juliet,' the Leonardo DiCaprio version.
I'm a massive fan of Didier Drogba, I love the way he plays. He's not as stacked as me but he's strong and he's still scoring goals. I'm a fan of Diego Costa as well. I think he crosses the line at times but I like the fact he doesn't allow himself to be bullied.
As a big man you may struggle to get much height when jumping for a ball - but by training with your defender team-mates you can develop a technique for making strong challenges in the air, making defenders uncomfortable and work on taking the ball down.
I was asked to go in a banana suit once or eat as many doughnuts as possible. I would not do those things. I don't eat doughnuts so why would I eat 20.
Even though I am getting my coaching badges, I am more into mentoring.
Sometimes you're not blessed with the materialistic stuff but you're blessed with a work ethic.
There was a long period when I was younger where people always talked about my size and I was going 'but look, I can play, though, I can play' but you look at it, to have a career, 12-13 years, you've got to be more than just a brute.
Football was my saving grace so I want to let people know that you can achieve whatever you want. People like to concentrate on what you can't do, so let's preach what you can. Why would I want to talk about not being quick when I'm strong? That's what I want to get across.
People have tried to push me into other sports, but it's always been football.
I've always liked to keep myself busy so I don't get sucked in by temptations and that was part of the reason why I set up my BMO brand - to keep me occupied during my career, but also for when I finish football.
I would never lie about another professional.
People only see what they want to see and sometimes you can't do anything about that, so you just pick up the baton and you just run with it.
I'd always been one of the strongest players in the game, but officially in 'Fifa 14' I was the strongest in the world. If they say so, I must be. I like that.
Gym sessions will always consist of 40 minutes to one-hour cardio. I try to stay off the treadmill because of the pounding, so it's the rower or the cross-trainer.
When you've only got two days between games the recovery process is key.
My arms are probably the same size as John Terry's legs.
For me posting videos on YouTube and interacting with people on Twitter is a great release from the stresses of football.
I've always been big, my brothers are my size, we come from good stock.
You play football to go out there and win - that's the bottom line.
I think if you score lots of goals but nobody likes you as a person then it stands for nothing.
During my career I've come back to clubs after the summer break to see one of my team-mates not really at it because he's been denied a move to a bigger club for whatever reason, and you can see in his body language that he doesn't want to be there and that kind of thing is massively disruptive and negative.
Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.
When I look back at my career it is nice to know that I've been appreciated on and off the pitch because not everyone is.
Everyone likes to be praised for their work and footballers are no different but the key thing is staying level-headed.
As a player on the bench, you become like a fan really. You're sitting there shouting 'why did he do that?' or 'no don't pass it there' and I can see why fans get so frustrated. But then I remember what it is like being out there on the pitch and how players can't see everything that fans can see.
It used to get my back up because people would only say 'he does well for his size' and it's like, forget the size, I do well because I do well.
There ain't nobody going to run me out of nowhere.
My favourite chant is 'you're just a fat Eddie Murphy.' When I heard that I could not stop laughing. I would prefer a 'muscular Eddie Murphy.'
I'm going to say it out loud: I'm available for England selection if they serve chicken for pre-match.
I've had three or four Scottish Premier League clubs contact me about going there and doing something. A couple of those clubs couldn't be further away from London so I'd have to seriously think about it, but it's nice to be sought after and nice to be wanted.
Liverpool are not used to playing a 16-and-a-half stone striker.
As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.
My career and my stats, they all speak for itself so to say that I've got anything to prove to people, to say 'well, look, I can play, I'm not just a big guy,' that really is not my driving force in life.
That's one reason fans take to me. They like the battle side of it. They look at me and think this guy shouldn't be on the pitch, he's just bulldozing his way through.
Sometimes it's nice to be a bit different.
In my younger days, sometimes family and personal life came second to my ambition.
