Joe Hart says he has been using the disappointment of England's miserable Euro 2016 campaign to make improvements in his own game and character.
Hart was at fault for a number of goals as England embarrassingly crashed out to Iceland at the tournament, and the England goalkeeper says he has tried to analyse the things that went wrong in order to progress.
The Manchester City goalkeeper, who has subsequently moved to Torino on a season-long loan, admitted that the Euros "wasn't my finest hour," and has in particular tried to change the way he approaches games.
"I'm constantly trying to learn, be a better keeper and be better for the team," Hart said, ahead of England's friendly with Spain on Tuesday night. "I'm having a think and to pick apart how I played and what I did, and maybe tried to change a few things. I've been speaking to people and seeking advice."
Hart could often be seen trying to pump himself and his teammates up in the tunnel before games in the summer, leading to suggestions that he might be too fired up and intense, that he may need to approach games in a calmer way.
"I've got a lot of energy and a lot of passion, which could have been too much," he said. "There's ways of channeling that -- I'm constantly evolving, trying to be the best I can be, and learning from things that didn't go too well is definitely one way of doing that.
"There's nothing wrong with being passionate, and being proud of your country, that's definitely a positive. But there's just different ways of channeling it, and I've looked into that and hopefully it would help."
One topic of discussion about life under interim coach Gareth Southgate is England playing the ball out from defence, something that was key to Pep Guardiola's replacement of Hart with Claudio Bravo at Manchester City as the Chilean was perceived to be more comfortable with the ball at his feet. On some occasions during the 3-0 win over Scotland on Friday, that approach landed England in trouble, but Hart isn't too concerned.
"The way that we play and the way we build up, does carry an element of risk, but there are a lot of benefits to it," Hart said. "Even when we did lose the ball on Friday, our defenders had the power and the athleticism to get back. If we didn't have that then maybe I'd think we'd need to be careful here. Scotland didn't have any free shots, and even when we gave the ball away 20 yards out, there were three players hunting them down, and we dealt with it."
Hart has had a generally positive start to life in Serie A, and has been learning Italian -- although when pressed would only offer "Ciao!" as part of his new vocabulary. He has at least made an impression on some of his new club's fans, who travelled from Turin to watch him face Scotland.
"That's a special effort," he said. "I appreciate anyone who goes to a football game, financially it's not an easy thing to do, especially when it's not even your own country. I was very appreciative and it was a really nice touch, not something I expected."
"Personally I've really enjoyed it," he continued, about his time with Torino so far. "It wasn't a situation I planned -- it was a week, max, 'we need to think about what we're doing, and this is an opportunity.' I was really keen on going abroad. Ideally I wanted to stay where I was, but that wasn't a possibility.
"We see in all our top teams in England, players from everywhere. So I thought 'Why not me? Why can't I be that player in the dressing room?' I've enjoyed it -- I'm two months in, which is still the honeymoon period, if you like, so maybe it will be easier to reflect and give advice [to any other player considering moving abroad] after a full season. I certainly wouldn't give any negative feedback if anyone asked.
"I've not moved to another planet, I've just moved to another country, and I'm enjoying it."