James Maddison Quotes

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.

Once you have had 10 seasons at this level, the next season is not going to be so different. For a young player with only 20 appearances in the Premier League there is an opportunity to improve.

I've been a professional since I was a 17-year-old, over 200 league games from Conference all the way up to the Premier League now, so I think that's experience in itself.

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

Dele Alli is probably the perfect example. He played loads of games for MK Dons at a young age. He got a move and kicked on from there because he had that experience behind him.

It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.

I played in the Premier League for Blackpool and earned the right to go to a club like Liverpool.

I had the chance to play with Alan Shearer to join the list of class players I'd played with at a young age at Leeds - the Vidukas, Smiths, Kewells, and Woodgates.

Me being at Coventry, instead of a big Premier League club, probably helped me develop. You don't get put in the academy system, playing Under-18s and Under-23s.

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.

You don't want to have a good couple of years, come through the Championship, have a good first year in the Premier League and then not play in the Premier League for another year or so because that is a backward step.

In Holland you go into amateur teams, come up through the ranks and are generally spotted for senior or professional football. At 16, I had made it into a men's amateur team, and was picked up professionally from there.

Neil Etheridge in goal and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, they've both come from lower league clubs and done brilliantly.

If you're lucky enough to get into a Premier League or Championship team straight away, well done to you, but I feel really grateful for the experience that I had at the lower end.

I signed as an 11-year-old for Everton. I broke into the Under-18s at the age of 14, then the reserves at 15, then I was in the first-team squad at 16.

I've won a lot of trophies - like the FA Youth Cup and the reserves league a couple of times - but it would top it off to win the Premier League with the first team.

Monaco have been very important for me. It's the club that has helped me into the Selecao.

I was very young in the past at Arsenal, at Real Madrid as well.

I will always remain a fan of Pescara. My time there was crucial to grow and improve as a player. It was my launchpad to top football.

I enjoyed my time in the Premier League and in Qatar.

For me it was massive there was interest from Manchester United. To sign for such a club was important to me in my football career.

I arrived at Inter when I was very young and I had the chance to play with Giuseppe Bergomi, and I met Giacinto Facchetti too.

I worked at the number one team in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and now also in England.

My father has played at Celtic before. He has told me it is really intense, and it is good to grow as a footballer by playing for this club.

Aston Villa had been in touch and they'd gone into the Premier League so I knew I could play in the Premier League just like that.