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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of players competing for that wide attacking role, and if I'm brutally honest, if you aren't playing regularly, you can't get picked. I found that out, missing out on the World Cup.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still operating as a wide player, and I'm still free to express myself, try to get one-v-one and get past someone, and there's no better feeling than getting over a great cross and someone scoring.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Players have to adapt nowadays, and if you have a good football brain, if you can read the game, you can manage it.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I follow tennis, and I actually went to Wimbledon during the summer, and it was nice to get a day off during pre-season to watch it. Basketball as well - I don't have a team; it's just a casual interest - especially when the play-offs come around and the intensity rises.
- Hooked
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been watching 'Power.' I've been hooked on it.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I do well for my club, I will get recognition.
- Clue
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad worked in the IT industry, although I haven't got a clue what he did. He always tells me but it just goes over my head.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything that moved, I was kicking it. You can ask my mum and dad. A stone, a can, whatever.
- Nov 07, 2020
I had three brothers: one older, two younger.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot said now about younger players: that it's just about the cars and houses. I'm from the old school - it's about what you've achieved in the game.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've come through it and seen people in football that are sharks. They are ones to stay away from.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you look back on your career when it's over, you can say, 'This is what I achieved,' or, 'This is what I'm driving.'
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just the same as everyone - I can remember, growing up, watching the World Cup.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to go to see the careers woman at school, and when she asked me what I wanted to do after school, I told her flat: 'I want to be a professional footballer.' I can remember her being silent for a few seconds, just looking at me.
- Hear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 11 years old and was racially abused on the pitch. It was obviously disappointing to hear it at such a young age.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a cheat. I'm not a diver.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People saying I dive doesn't affect me at all. Not one bit.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing football, and that's all I'm going to do.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a born winner.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't say I've changed at all. A lot of people will keep saying I'm a different person, especially when I go across those white lines. I think it's just the hunger and desire and passion I've got for the game.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had the same hunger, the same desire to win, since I started kicking a football when I was five years old.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you get older, you start to read the game more, and as your brain starts working more, and as you get a good footballing brain, your legs start slowing down!
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always said that when you pull on an England shirt, it's a proud moment, and it's an honour to play for and represent your country.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've played at a European Championship; to represent your country at a World Cup is every boy's dream, and for me, it would definitely be a dream come true.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I've got older, the nerves aren't there anymore; they just left one day when I was at Watford. I only feel excitement now, whatever the game.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids ask me about what they should do to make it, and I tell them, 'Just get your head down and work, work, work.'
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the brain for football, but I didn't have the height. So I started using my brain to overcome those weaknesses and discovered football isn't just about size or power: it's about what's up there. That was the making of me.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had to fight. Throughout my life, it's been a fight to get to where I am now.
- Concede
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is always disappointing to obviously concede.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you lose a game, there's obviously disappointment, and you want a game straight away.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a versatile player, can play in numerous positions, and I have a good football brain, even if it is getting older.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you are in the team, there is always going to be someone biting away at your heels trying to get in.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no better feeling than coming off the pitch knowing you've won the game.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm confident in my own ability, and if I'm called upon to play on the right, the left, or as the main striker, then I can play there.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I've gone to get a takeaway, and I get chips... I like to match up the chips in length. That is actually quite weird. Obviously, if I've got chips, I pick them out in twos. That's a weird thing as well. You know, if they're not the same length, well, I go hunting for the same length in chips.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll relish playing at Wembley in a major cup final. It's a great achievement for me, and it's why I became a footballer, because I want to win medals.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to play every game.
- Ethos
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of youngsters in the game think they've made it before they've done anything. But at United, they're given that winning mentality and an ethos of always trying to improve.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can play in six different positions where managers can trust me. It must give them food for thought knowing I can do a job in different positions.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was at Watford and got a knock-back when I was 16 and didn't get a YTS contract. They said I could find another club or go in and train three times a week after school. I'd been there since I was 10, so I got my head down and proved them wrong. Within a year, they had signed me up, and I haven't looked back.
- Nov 07, 2020
I like to spend time on freekicks after training.
- Incredible
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- Nov 07, 2020
To play at Wembley for my country is just incredible.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
You want to be in touch with the fans. The fans want to get to know your personality and character.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think age is just a number - if you are young enough, you are old enough - as long as you are good enough, age shouldn't come into it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am one of those players who has many scars up and down my legs from being kicked, but I know I have a job to do, and beating my opponent is my goal.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy having a challenge.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be creative, to get on the ball, to play.
- Clever
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's up to me to use my brain, be clever, find the pockets of space, and get on the ball.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just concentrating on my football. I'm not thinking about the length of my contract.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
Different managers play different systems, and you've got to be able to play in different positions.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the club's way, the United way. Never say die.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has got to be prepared and ready to play when the manager calls on you.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to represent my country. It's an honour to do so, and whenever I get that chance, I'll keep doing it.
- Enter
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't enter a competition not to win it.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020