I get in the gym and put the work in with the fitness coaches so I can be the best shape I can be in.
— Jordan Henderson
There are going to be highs and lows throughout a career, and you have to try and level it out. Don't get too high and carried away when things are going well, but don't get too low when things aren't happening.
United are capable of setting up a low block and making it difficult, but they're also capable of coming out and pressing high.
I do whatever the manager tells us to do, really.
I have just been a bit inconsistent when I have played. That happens in football, especially when you have been out for a long period.
I don't think you need motivation to win a league or a trophy. It's every footballer's dream. It's why you play football. You enjoy and love the game, but you play to win and be the best.
In my opinion, there is no better place to be for a footballer than Liverpool.
It's quite hard at times to take my mind off football, but it's very important. I'll watch something on television, anything, whatever the missus wants to watch.
I've always been athletic - did the 100 metres and 1500 m at school, cross-country races - and did well in them.
It's about doing what the team needs me to do, not what I want to do or what I think I can do.
I don't like to look too far back into the past.
If you're exercising hard and training hard every day, you've got to have carbs; you can't just cut them out. That's how you get your energy levels up.
It was Osgood-Schlatters. It wasn't good. It's a growing pains thing, and I had to have a lot of treatment on it. I just shot up immediately and didn't have any kind of physique to deal with it physically. I was tall, all arms and legs, and a bit gangly.
When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.
At Liverpool, Jurgen pretty much does everything, and we just follow him. Of course, we've still got leaders within the group to implement his message, but more often than not, we listen and then just do what he says.
Criticism's healthy. It gives you that extra little bit inside you to prove people wrong, to use it as energy, to use it as fuel.
When you win or lose, no-one dies: you win, or you lose.
When it comes to football, I think it's vital you always enjoy playing, and when I arrived at Anfield, I was determined to do just that, whatever anyone else said.
Everything on the pitch is to help the team.
United have some world-class players with a world-class manager.
It is about winning a trophy. It doesn't make any difference to me who lifts it; I would just rather win.
You will always be judged as a Liverpool player but, as a captain, you will be judged on what you win, basically. If you're doing well, and the team is winning everything, you become a very good captain.
I knew I had to try and win trophies and be successful and be a big player for Liverpool.
You are always having to prove something in football whether you are flying or not.
I'm probably my biggest critic.
For me, Raheem Sterling is a fantastic player, and he's been brilliant for England. I hope he will stay at Liverpool.
I've always played with a high intensity anyway. That's how I've always been.
As players, you've got to keep improving, keep learning, keep playing well to get your place in the team.
My favourite meal is probably chicken with penne pasta and pesto.
You will get criticism throughout your career. All the best players have had it at some stage, and they haven't let it ruin their careers. I won't, either.
Age is not really the biggest factor, whichever end of the scale you are at. It's how you perform, how you respond to the challenge of having good players around you competing for your place.
As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.
I don't like talking about myself. I find it a lot easier talking about other people.
There are different pressures when you come to a club like Liverpool. You have to perform well each week, or people start to question you, and I discovered that as soon as I got here. It was a difficult time, but I hope I got stronger from coping with it.
I've played with Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard for England, and they are top players.
When you're not playing, it is difficult to feel that you are the leader of the team.
If you're winning games, the confidence flows, and you gain a rhythm, which I've experienced before.
When you're on the pitch, you give 100 percent to win the game.
I want to improve and learn and get better. To do that, I have to keep putting in good performances and help my team-mates around me.
Of course, people are going to criticise when things aren't going well. As players, we have to take on responsibility and prove people wrong.
When I was very young, coming into the Sunderland side, if we got beaten, I'd be very down. I'd go home, and it would drag on for days, I'd be thinking about the game. I was from Sunderland, felt things like a fan, and got really down.
There are always those moments in football - and life in general - which can decide the path and the route you go down.
It's not about individuals; it's all about team work.
For breakfast, I'll have scrambled eggs or poached egg on toast... and - this is gonna sound weird - I have it with blueberries as well. Everyone says it's weird, but try it - you'll like it.
A day or two before games, it's all carb overload: pasta, rice, potatoes, stuff like that. And, straight after the game, it's important to get as much carbohydrate on as possible. Refuel your body and get as much back in as you can. As it tails off a day or two later you, ease off on the carbs and go to more protein, vegetables, and salads.
I came to Liverpool wanting to stay here for the rest of my career. I certainly didn't want to leave after a year.
Some people might say I'm old at 28, but I look at someone like James Milner. He's 32 and playing like he is 25 or something.
I'm not particularly into people giving me credit. It's not something I think about. It's not important to me. The only thing that's important is if I'm doing my job properly on the pitch for the team and for the manager.
I don't like reading good things about myself. With the criticism and the negative things, I always think that makes me better.
