Divock Origi Quotes

When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.

There has been a great list of players who cut their teeth in Europe.

I didn't play organized football until I was in the seventh grade. Up until that point, I only played at recess and in the backyard.

The Champions League is massive. I've had so much experience. I'm only 23, and yet I've played so much in the Champions League, and not many players my age would have had that experience.

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.

To walk out at Wembley in an England shirt is a big deal for a girl who remembers playing in her local football cage down the park in Poplar with the boys.

I was a promising keeper as a kid and, at 15 and 16, was on the books of Crewe Alexandra.

Whether Under-17 level, the 21s, or senior team, it's my dream to play for England as often as I can.

I began my journey as a 16-year-old boy at the Arsenal's academy, trying to one day become a first team player, going out for evening runs in East Barnet with Jack Wilshere.

I was growing up in England and England was the only national team I knew, so I was actually very pleased to play at the national level.

Obviously when I was younger, when I was three years old, I used to kick a football around in the park or in the garden. I've got loads of videos, pictures of me doing it.

I played for the first time when I was three. My neighbour was six, and I went to train with him. But I don't have many football memories from when I was young.

To grow up and play for FC Bayern Munich and eventually Germany has been truly a dream come true.

I was trained under very famous coaches in the Italian national team, Read Madrid, Juventus, Internazionale and Parma.

I've practically grown up with FC Bayern Munich since the age of 11. In my case, a talent scout noticed me when I was playing for a local youth team at Gern in Munich.

When I was a young kid, I never expected to play for Arsenal or England.

It was a dream for me to score two goals on my first start for the England Under-21s.

Signing for Leicester, they gave me a great platform to go and play for England as well.

Playing as a striker is a nice role because I spent all my youth there so that's why I like it.

I've done a lot of great things playing for this country and this national team in the youth stage.

I think all great players set a target for themselves in their careers. Mine was to win a world title with Brazil, which I did twice.

When I think back to what my dreams were as a kid, the only one I had was to play for England.

I played for Middlesbrough's youth team. At the age of 16, I went into a shed at the training ground and was told that they weren't signing me on, so that was the end of that dream. Football was my life. I played football when I got to school, football every break and football as soon as I got home.

I started out as a defender. I played as a full-back, and then I moved into the centre. I played defence right the way through until the Under-18s. Honestly!

I was released by Chelsea at 14 years old. I remember it, a Tuesday night. On the Wednesday, I was training with Fulham, five minutes from my house, and then on the Thursday, I was training with West Ham. After one session at both clubs, they both wanted me.