On the night when he broke Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time scoring record for England, few would have begrudged Wayne Rooney a warm, smug feeling of self-satisfaction.
Yet, the 29-year-old Manchester United striker, who netted his 50th goal for his country from the penalty spot in the 2-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Switzerland, found the time to offer some motivational words for his younger team-mates.
He gave an impromptu speech in the home dressing room at Wembley after the game on Tuesday night to commemorate the occasion.
England manager Roy Hodgson, who urged Rooney to address his team-mates, revealed: 'I provoked him to give a speech, a very good speech but fairly short as it should be.
The former West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool boss went on: 'The one thing I can tell you about it was how proud he was to have achieved that, and how determined he is not to stop at 50. That was good.
'I'd like to think we're on 10 games a year these days, a bit more if we do quite well in a tournament. So if he plays to 2018 at least we're talking 20 or 30 games, so 10 to 15 goals with his rate of scoring.'
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