Tyrone Mings Quotes

It started with my parents, my dad who taught me growing up, my brother who played as well. I spent a lot of time with him. Then, getting into the pro side, there have been a lot of people who have worked with me along the years.

I work on my whole game and learn from the people around me, who I've benefited from tremendously, or the new players who come in to the club.

I'd like to thank my family and friends for their continual support over the years and to all those involved in helping me develop as a cricketer of which there are too many to mention.

To be honest my first memories are getting to know players. I remember being on the bus probably like 3, 4, 5 years old, and my dad would always say go sit with the players in the back.

I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.

Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete.

A lot of guys, especially the young guys, I try to do anything I can for them - on the field, off the field, anything.

I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.

When I was really little, I was on a Pop Warner squad. I did it for a year. My dad was a Pop Warner football coach. I did it because my best friend was also on this cheer squad, and of course I looked up to my sister who was a cheerleader, so I wanted to cheer.

Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.

Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who helped me in sport because they had an understanding of what you were going through.

So many athletes who have been close to me have been everything to me.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

I try to watch film with teammates and help them as well, so that's just part of the game, part of playing.

The coaches that I've had, my teammates that I've met throughout this journey, it's something that you can't take away. It almost feels like a degree. You can't take that away from somebody.

I'm trying to do everything with my family members, my friends, who are watching me every day, every game I am playing, so they are trying to help me to say what I did wrong and what I did well, and I try to improve myself.

When beginning your entrepreneurial journey, acknowledge that you become a product of the five people you spend the most time with. So choose your company wisely.

To have the chance to work with a World Cup-winning coach is special, and not everybody gets that opportunity.

My unglittering football career came to a halt at the age at 30, and I had to embark on a coaching career: 14 years of hard work and sacrifice, learning and mistakes.

The thrill of winning or losing, or getting on the field and coaching on Saturday afternoons, that's all great. But it's the association with the players, and that's lifelong. That is the one thing you miss and you can't substitute for it.

My coaches, trainer and agency have all helped make me the player and the business that I am today.

My first club was FT Gern. I joined through my parents and friends. My father played for them and a friend from nursery school took me to training once. I was five at the time.

You're only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.

Playing at a club like Chelsea and being given the opportunity to play with the world-class players that we have means you can learn from them and improve your game.

I am really lucky that I got such good coaches and everything I wanted, right from the infrastructure to proper coaching.