You have to hit the ground running at West Ham. If you don't, suddenly from the fans it's, 'You're not good enough to play for our football club.'
— Mark Noble
Don't get me wrong, I love training and I love playing but everyday life? People see the money and the material things that footballers have but you get to a Premier League level because you have something inside you and you can play. Ninety per cent of that is self-pride.
I don't think I will fully appreciate it until I have retired. My dad will ring me after a game and if we've lost it's the end of the world for me but he will say: ‘I don't think you realise - you are captain of West Ham, you grew up supporting the club.'
I was walking along somewhere in the Maldives and there were West Ham fans there. It's crazy.
