Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand insists his career will be defined by medals won and not money earned.
Indeed, were it not for the feats of Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, Ferdinand's medal collection would be amongst the most glittering the game has ever seen.
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Now that experience is not only being used on the field, it is coming in handy of it as Ferdinand helps mastermind another championship tilt.
"It is inevitable when you get to a certain stage in your career, you get looked upon as one of the senior players," he said.
"The others automatically look to you to be the people who are more vocal, not just on the pitch but in the dressing rooms and on the training pitch. That is just the way it happens.
"If you are one of the senior players, you have to use that responsibility the best way you can, by enhancing the performance of others around you."
With no international commitments to distract him any more, Ferdinand should be fresh for Saturday's trip to Norwich.
It is the latest in a sequence of away games - he is almost certain to be excused next week's Champions League encounter with Galatasaray in Istanbul - which Ferdinand actually thinks bring out the best in United.
"We quite enjoy playing away from home," he said.
"We have great players on the counter-attack and if we are under a bit of pressure, we know can cause a bit of trouble at the other end."
