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I was a bowler - left arm, smash it down as fast as I could. I did a lot of work with Damian D'Oliveira, and I probably had a chance of doing that for a living. But when I reached 16, I knew I couldn't carry on playing both football and cricket, and I was already in the Shrewsbury squad.

Joe Hart

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It's hard to please everyone, and I learnt quite early that that's never going to happen.

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Playing to a decent standard sometimes isn't enough.

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You can be humbled as a goalkeeper. You have to accept that.

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Football is a game of opinions, and some people have a great opinion of me, and some people probably think I'm absolutely useless.

Great Useless Use

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You can't live in fear of preventing mistakes.

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You look at some of the top teams in the world that have got the best strikers, and they are looking to buy another top striker. But if you have got a top goalkeeper, you are not often looking to buy another goalkeeper.

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I am trying to grow and I am trying to improve every single day.

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I was a bowler - left arm, smash it down as fast as I could. I did a lot of work with Damian D'Oliveira, and I probably had a chance of doing that for a living. But when I reached 16, I knew I couldn't carry on playing both football and cricket, and I was already in the Shrewsbury squad.

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It's tough to be at your best all season, and you need to be there for each other.

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If crowds give you abuse, there's no point standing there and giving it them back; you just move on.

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Whether it's at club level or with England, I have to stay on my toes and make that place my own.

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I always assess what's my fault, but I don't dwell on mistakes, I never have; it's not part of my make up. I know what I am and know what I can do. You just move on.

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I keep my focus on the stuff that matters to me, and that is pretty much how I live my life.

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I'm not happy when I do let goals in... what keeper is?

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I will try to give it everything for my country. I would love to get to 23, then 25 and 30 caps. They are things I love to do every time I line up. It's a great feeling.

Time Love Great

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It's a great honour that someone like Sir Alex Ferguson goes out of his way to mention my name.

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I don't hate Guardiola. These kind of feelings don't suit with professional matters.

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I do what the manager asks of me to the best of my ability. I'm not saying I'm brilliant or saying I'm perfect.

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International football's not always about playing the top three in the world - it's about going to some of the tougher places around Europe and playing real tough games.

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I love football, and if I could, I would play every day, even if it is my job.

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I know how quickly things can change in football, and I am only where I am because someone else lost their place.

I'm going to continue being me through the good times and the bad.

There are plenty of downsides in life for anyone, including me. Everyone has their own personal worries. Everyone has normal families, with normal arguments. But in football, things are going really well, and that's what I want to maintain. That's one thing I can keep on top of.

You have got to let the ball come to you as a keeper.

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

I need to improve and improve all the time because I'm still learning the game, and the game is changing all the time.

Not everyone is going to like you, not everyone is going to want to play you, and that's the business side of it, which I've grown into and I'm certainly not going to take personally.

I will never go into a game aggressive because I will cost my team the victory if I am reckless. If I have got a personal vendetta with someone, or I don't like the way someone has done something to me in the game, I am just going to have to get over it.

Letting goals in doesn't look great to myself.

Why did I choose to be a goalkeeper? I don't know - it is good question. I have asked myself many times when things have not being going well.

In my opinion, I think loans are for younger players trying to improve who have got the whole world in front of them.

I'm going to keep loving football. That's one thing I'm most proud of: my hunger and desire for the game has not stopped.

I look at a clean sheet as a personal success.

I always supported England as a boy; I think it's great to support your national team.

There are too many haters.

It's difficult when you're on loan, especially when you're not a young player who people may have sympathy for.

I'm someone who wants to do well at their job. I am completely in what I am doing.

I don't believe footballers have to live like monks.

In the past, I've been lucky enough to receive some high praise, but when the experts have a go, I'm usually not particularly interested in what they have got to say.

Some of my closest friends, the England lads, have played in the Champions League, so it's a big thing to be there as well.

I have always pushed myself. I have never settled for anything less than the best that I could give.

Playing at Birmingham helped me grow as a goalkeeper: it made me better all round, being a regular part of a team.

I love football, and I love to play, and I want to play until I physically can't - whatever age that is.

Stuff out of my hands is out of my hands. How people want to play it is up to them.

People say the English players don't come to Italy because they look down on Serie A, but that's just not true.

You have teams on and off the field. You have your team off the field in terms of your family, friends, and people that you work with, and then you have your team on the field. You have to give to receive and be there for people and hope that they do the same for you.

I don't see too many differences between Serie A and the Premier League. Both are unpredictable leagues, where anything can happen.

Top of my wishlist is to play for a club that wants me to be their goalkeeper.

It's difficult to make predictions in the Premier League, as unpredictable things can happen, and I know that well: I won the title in a crazy way and lost one unexpectedly.

I've got a lot of energy and a lot of passion.