Jordan Pickford Quotes

It's about getting experience and developing. The best way to do that is to go out on loan to play first-team football.

I wanted for nothing at Bayern, but the most important thing was always playing as much as I could.

I started lower down the leagues with Coventry, so I'd had that taste of first-team action at a young age. I'd already played 40 or 50 games before moving on, and when I got to Norwich, I had to bide my time at the start.

Coming to Stoke was a chance for me to develop and take my game to the next level.

When I left Leipzig I was thinking about my next step, and I want to stand in front of a new team, new language, to get developed personally and in my view of football. That's why I made the decision to come to Southampton.

Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.

I feel like I have done a lot at United, I still have developed as a player and grown into myself, seen a lot of faces come and go.

I think every footballer in the world wants to be on the pitch as much as possible.

Not many young guys in the league are getting to play valuable minutes for a really good team, so I'm trying to take advantage of it as much as I can.

At Palace, I feel like a first-team player, and I have got the opportunity to play every week.

I got told I wasn't allowed to go on loan, which was a good thing but, at the same time, I just wanted to play matches. So do I annoy the manager and try to push for a loan or was I just to keep working hard and trust him?

I got my first taste of real professional football on loan at Northampton. I was 18 at the time, and I played only nine games, but it was a massive opportunity for me.

I didn't have the chance to play at West Ham, but in football, you always have a chance. When I went to Liverpool, I had the chance to show my quality.

I want to be playing competitive first-team football every week and not reserve team football.

I think for every young player of my age, they have to go out on loan. I know there's an U21 league and the Europa League for the youth teams, but it's not the same as playing men's football, when there's a lot more riding on it.

I was still only 19 when I went to Scotland, but it was a good loan move for me to play those extra games.

The most important thing for me is that I get regular first team action.

I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.

I never got to train with the likes of Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart, but I am from the club where they were. I am not Dutch, but I am from a club where they both played with the same style. They've had really big success when they left Ajax, so I hope I can achieve the same.

I'll always thank all of the teams I played for from the bottom of my heart because they all helped me grow as a person and a footballer, but the three years I spent in Naples were fantastic. That city gave me everything - my name, maturity, and international recognition. I get very emotional when Naples is mentioned.

A lot of things, experiences I had, helped me to grow up and mature, both in terms of my football career and my private life too.

Since I have been called up I think I have heard from everyone I have ever come into contact with in football, which is nice. Everyone has played their own part in my development and has a story to tell on my journey.

Since I made my debut at Sheffield United, I felt like I could step on and climb the leagues.

It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes and get games.

I have good memories of Real Madrid. Professionally, it was a difficult period, but my experience there was very good in all senses, as I grew a lot, learned many things, and lived with great champions.