Chris Smalling Quotes

I was 22, and getting into a World Cup squad is what you dream about as a kid, so finishing third was fantastic.

I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish when I started playing the sport at 7. And probably even more.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.

If somebody said, 'You're going to be the Number 1 pick; you're going to have a great team around you all these years'? It would've been too easy.

I work hard every day to earn more minutes, but I am aware of where I am. I am at the best club in the world, and I am happy at Real Madrid.

I want to prove myself at Chelsea and be successful in the Premiership and the Champions League.

I think working so hard in Portland to earn the right to have it be my team and to have my own team over the years and try to play at a high level, that was hard-earned.

I am working hard to keep making progress, to always improve.

I want to win something important with PSG.

I can improve and make my game more complete, but I keep on working and try my best.

It's a great opportunity to get picked top 10 in the draft. It's just a dream that I've always had.

From my own personal experience, I can tell you that things I achieved in the J2 league meant a lot to me.

I'm in the pursuit of excellence. One foot at a time, one camp at a time.

When I was eighteen and I won the European Championship - that's when I realized I had an opportunity to play in the NBA one day.

When I signed for United, I felt like it was a reward for everything that I'd been through in my life.

Everyone's dream, growing up, is seeing themselves in an away kit somewhere in a sunny country. But, in reality, I'm happy to be playing for Liverpool and trying to win trophies.

I have worked long and hard to reach the level I have reached.

I want to show everybody that I can play in the best league in the world and score goals.

I see football as a bit like a stairway, and you have to climb it bit by bit. First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup, if possible.

You have to prepare well to ultimately get where you want to go.

I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to stay in the big leagues. One thing is getting to the big leagues; another thing is to stay.

The only thing I want to do is focus and get better.

I can always improve. Maybe score more goals and more assists, always help the team the best I can.

I'll have time to mature and develop, and one day, hopefully, I can bring a ring to wherever I am. LeBron did it.