Frank Lampard Quotes

Every time a young player comes in, he is excited and wants to prove himself, but also in football, the other players want to prove themselves to any new player that comes in, so that competition is the only way to stimulate performance.

I love a challenge and when a new centre-back comes in it makes you raise your game. You have to show more, you have to be more consistent.

Everybody's watching when you're the quarterback. The other players see how much you want it.

When you play against important teams, you obviously feel more motivated.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

I'm at my best when people are depending on me. If it's just on me and I don't have nothing to do, I'm going to be lazy. On the football field, it's every single day, every play, knowing that people are depending on me to make my play. That helps me elevate my game to another level.

When I get on the pitch I have to make sure I am getting hundreds and taking six-fors.

It is always a battle; it doesn't matter in which club or which position. If you don't perform well, even when you start, you might lose your spot in any position.

Every manager has different opinions and all you can do as a player is try to fight and get your spot back, or at least earn your manager's trust back to try and get your spot back. There's no use sulking about it, you just get on with it and try to raise your game to get back to the level you need to be when you were starting.

Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.

As a player you get scrutinised and rightly so, sometimes it's what comes with a move that I've made. I've just got to take that on the chin and concentrate on me.

When I am No. 2, and I am working as hard as I can, then quite often the keeper ahead starts to raise his game even more.

Once you start going out putting expectation levels on yourself, you lose the concept of trying to win the game.

If you play for Manchester United, there is always someone out there getting ready to take your jersey. It is up to you to fight and make sure you keep it.

My leadership mentality is to outwork everybody else around me, and hopefully the guys respond well to that and work harder for themselves.

I'm just like the rest of the guys. I'm a little different in a lot of ways, but I'm still a player with a number on his back and if I'm unable to produce, they'll find somebody else to fill my spot.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

Football is so intense you don't have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.

We want to win all of our matches and focus on ourselves.

I have something to prove every year.

I like fighting people that scare me a little bit. People that scare me seem to motivate me, and when you motivate me, you get the best performance out of me.

The players don't sit in there and think, 'We have to make the Champions League.' They want to play well in every game.

When you're playing to get into the playoffs, your contract is the last thing on your mind.

You have to try and do everything to show your best qualities; otherwise, you will not be here anymore.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?