I was on dialysis for 18 months before the transplant, so it was important I tried to look ahead to days like my comeback this Saturday. You need those big goals to drive you on.

It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant.

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.

He's going to be real big, ... I tried to show him the way, how to get it done, what to do. And he's handling it all very good.