Henry? Akinfenwa? Kyle Walker answers your questions

England and AC Milan defender Kyle Walker has been answering your questions on the latest Q&A edition of his podcast.

From would he beat Thierry Henry in a race to what he would have done if he wasn't a footballer, Walker provides insight into his life on and off the pitch alongside co-host Michael Brown.

If you would like Kyle Walker and Michael Brown to answer your question, whether it is about themselves, something football-related or a completely random topic, email [e-mail].

Question: You're known for your phenomenal speed, did you ever get close to doing athletics?

Answer: I was very close to doing athletics but it just came to a point in the career in Sheffield that they said pick or choose between football and running. I did run for Sheffield - I did the 100m and the 800m, which are two completely different races. I was quite good at both. My mum, bless her, used to travel with me on a Saturday for football and then a Sunday with athletics, so thank you Mum. I think it's paid off within football. I think football was the right decision for me to do.

Additional question from Michael Brown: When you see Thierry Henry in his peak, do you think you would have beat him?

Answer: I don't know, Jack Grealish said this in the Champions League and it's one of those things. Both in our primes, I think I'm quicker than him. I'd say [my prime] was four years ago. I think four years ago I was probably my quickest. At 29, I felt the quickest that I have been.

Thierry Henry was a great player, that's clear for everyone to see with the goals he scored, but I do think that defenders [then] were probably not at the standard that defenders are now with the athleticism. That's my personal opinion, that's no disrespect to any of the defenders for the past age, but I do think that the game has developed a little bit.

Thierry Henry scored 175 goals in 258 Premier League appearances for Arsenal

Question from Elis James, who co-hosts the Elis James and John Robins Show on BBC Radio 5 Live: Were you always the best player when you were growing up - or where there better players who had more natural talent than you but maybe didn't work as hard?

Answer: No, I wasn't always the best player. It got to a period at under-14 level - and I had been doing so well up until that [stage] - everyone developed and went through a growth spurt and I just stayed the same size that I was, which was quite small at the time and I found it very difficult. But I think they're the ones that build certain players to go in certain directions. It was going so well for me and very easy up until that time. and then all of a sudden I got to under-14s, under-15s where it's crunch time and you need that scholarship and I didn't grow as the other ones grew. That's just part and parcel of football and life, that people develop at different times and you can be a late bloomer.

Our boys now are a little bit on the smaller side and you look at the other kids in their age group and they are a little bit more developed, but it will come. And when it comes, it's just about the timing being right and fitting in with the football schedule. For anyone listening, if you're ever having setbacks or things have gone well and are not going so well now, you don't put your head down, you keep working hard and use that as motivation to make sure you get back to where you want to be.

Question: Which footballer bench presses the most?

Answer: I don't do much gym [work] and I definitely don't lift heavy just because I think I would balloon if I did. My body percentage is decent. I would say probably Bayo [Adebayo Akinfenwa], he's the one who jumps to mind when I used to see him benching at Northampton when I played with him.

Put the ball two metres either side of him and he couldn't move, but when that ball was at his foot, for a big man, he had a very, very good touch. It was like going around a double decker bus when you were trying to go around him and nick the ball from him. John Stones is well into his gym, he has been for a number of years now and he can lift very heavy.

Adebayo Akinfenwa scored 74 goals in 188 games across his two spells at Northampton Town

Question: Who is the most famous person that you have met at your game?

Answer: Prince William is definitely one. He's a very, very keen football fan for someone of the royal family to turn up at the games as he did in the Euros, at the Euros final and to say the speeches that he did - that's a testament to him and it's a massive honour to be in his presence. You just see the aura that he carries and you know the passion that he has for football as well, so I would definitely say Prince William is right up there, if not at the top.

Question from comedian Matt Lucas: What profession would you have gone into if you hadn't been a footballer?

Answer: I would love to have been a golfer. Maybe working in a trainer shop. I've got a bit of an obsession with trainers, anyone that knows me knows I do like my trainers. I used to be in awe of people at Foot Locker for some reason. Back then, that would have been something that I would have been over the moon with. To wear the black and white striped shirt, they were so cool, they always had great trainers on and everything so I would have said Foot Locker back in the day.