Dele Alli Quotes

I know that not everybody gets to coach an NFL team, and I want to do that as well as I can all the time. That's my motivation. I want to help my players to be as good as they can be.

I feel really good at Everton. My team-mates are helping me with my confidence on the field, and that is vital. And being part of the Brazil national team has been really important for my morale and a positive thing for my confidence.

It is good for a manager to believe in the ability that you've got and give you the confidence to go out and enjoy your football.

If a footballer is well motivated and has various things to motivate him every day, he will keep achieving his goals.

All players need to feel confidence from the staff, the players, the supporters. All need to be consistent in training and games to give their best.

You are inspired to give a better performance when there are good actors with you.

I get the privilege to play with Mesut every day. He is a world-class player. He gives me advice in a different way. He jokes around but he always tells me I can do more. He also gives me the confidence to express myself.

When I was at Hamburg, 17 or 18, Ruud van Nistelrooy signed, and he helped me a lot. He saw my first training session, and he talked to me. He told me I was a good player. He gave me confidence, and I want to thank him for that.

I was very fortunate to have several mentors in my life that believed in my ability on the football field. It was their support that made me believe that I could do it, too.

I have always believed that against smaller teams is when you can give others a chance to get some runs and gain some confidence.

I have grown a lot under Ancelotti. He got the best out of me.

I think I can handle the pressure and am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

If I'm playing well, and we're winning games, that's what I want.

The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you won't be.

I know the coaches definitely trust me and my ability to throw the football.

Whether it's at club level or with England, I have to stay on my toes and make that place my own.

Playing in a team like Barca, you always feel pressure. The demand is to win everything, but this is good for you as a footballer: it makes you play better.

My philosophy for football is to be happy with what you're doing. When they say that you're one of the strongest in the world, you need to carry on in the same way as you do when they say that you're dead.

I scored nine goals for Hull and a hat-trick for Scotland in the first half of the season, you don't do that and then become an average player overnight, so I know I can contribute to West Ham.

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.

I'm a baller. Put me in the position to make plays, I'm going to make plays.

Criticism is part of football, but we have to work.

I feel like I'm making the right plays and right reads each and every night, so if I keep doing that the assists are going to come.

If we go out there, and we play well and win football games, all the good stuff will come with it. It's not my job to worry about something I can't control.