Son Heung-min Quotes

I have been playing football since I was 7.

I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.

My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.

I am a great football player. I had my own club when I was 14 years old. Football is in my blood, and I have been a fan of Fulham for the last 30 years.

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

At school, myself and some pals, all football-daft, divided up the old English First Division and wrote off to half a dozen clubs each asking for a trial.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

I want to be a footballer - and that means playing on a Saturday afternoon.

My mum made me do kick-ups in the living room. My sister even tried to play football. Everyone was trying to help me.

I only started playing top football when I was 17 and a half.

I don't think my parents imagined I'd represent England when they first drove me to mini-rugby at Maidenhead. I was only five but mum lied about my age to get me out of the house.

Coaching for tackles? That's something you do with seven-year-olds, when you show them how to stand and when to make a block. It is one of the basics of the game. No Premier League manager needs to coach it.

When I first began playing football, I was a striker.

Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running routes and stuff.

I had the good luck to have the experience of training with fantastic football players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Modric, and I also played for Real Madrid B. That was a fantastic experience because it was my first international experience as a football player and taught me a lot as a football player.

As a kid, you just want to play football. For me one day it will end, but until the end I love getting the opportunity to go out there and play at a high level.

You always watch Match of the Day and think to yourself, 'I think I could've scored that chance.' But when you're young, you always want to play. For me, it's not about someone saying, 'We want you to play every game.' It's about being given the opportunity. That's more important.

When I was little I got to dribble the ball around while my older brother Paul, who played for a long time for Kilmarnock, my dad and my uncle Jimmy - who was at Celtic as a kid and played with Morton and Cambridge City - kicked it hard and I got punted out the way. But gradually I got allowed into the game.

I think that's vitally important, that we get players playing at a younger age group.

When I was eight, I went into a football school in my neighbourhood, and we played five a side on a little court.

My dad produces good footballers.

I enjoy playing at Tottenham and England as well.

Chelsea is a big club, a club that has given me the opportunity to play as a starter, to grow even more.

I'm confident that I can score goals in the Premier League.

The best thing about having a footballer dad is seeing the game up close. You watch him train, then go home and practice what you've seen in the front room, rearranging the furniture.