I was twice voted best left-back in the world.
It's quite strange looking down the list of players who've won the young player award in the past and then thinking I'm in there too now. There's some great names like Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy - and I can't miss out Chris Gunter - and it's a big boost to be included.
To get the PFA Player of the Year is a fantastic honour. It's the highest honour you can get because it's voted by your fellow peers.
As for the (Ballon d'Or) criteria, I'm not really sure how it works. Sometimes it's a World Cup year, sometimes it isn't. Let them vote. For me, there is no doubt as to who is the best, year after year.
[Didier] Drogba sent me a text message after I won the African Player of the Year award. It made me very happy.
It is an incredible honor to be named the Colts' Walter Payton Man of the Year.
Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players.
Winning titles plays a big role in the Ballon d'Or race.
Real Madrid's interest? Yes, it's true, Real Madrid were interested in me. It was an honour and pleasure for me, it means that I have worked well in these years.
At my first clubs, TOP Oss and NEC, I was the one everybody looked at and talked about, but at Feyenoord, I was one of many good players.
It's an honour for any player that a club of the prestige of Manchester United should follow them, and that, in itself, is enormous praise.
