England Team Quotes

I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your chances and, for whatever reason, I didn't.

I'd rather be remembered as a player who came on and impacted a lot of games for England. If I ever take a selfish thought-process of, 'I'm doing this for myself,' then things will be seriously wrong.

I had my time in the England shirt and won a lot of caps.

I'm in such a privileged position to class football as my full-time job, to be captain of England, captain of Manchester City. I'm very lucky.

I'd say I am a fly half. As regards being 12 for England, I've not tried to play any different. I guess I've been like another 10. Obviously, you do some things differently, and you might not have your hands on the ball as much - but you're still in the game and constantly communicating.

Des Bulpin discovered me and, along with my dad, would be the biggest influence on my career. I remember him telling me when I was 15 that Jermain Defoe and I would play together for England when we were older, and he hasn't been too far wrong.

If I'm called up by any England team, I'm willing to go. I'm not going to pull out of any England team. Ask any young kid who wants to play for their national team, and everyone's the same. We're all dying to do it.

This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.

I never dreamed I would captain England in a home World Cup.

I'd love to be captain of Tottenham and hopefully England as well.

From the age of six I used to watch every England team and when I was messing around in the backyard I would pretend to be whoever was scoring runs at the time, whether they were a right or left-hander. I just wanted to be them and do that.

I didn't expect to be dropped by England.

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

The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.

If we are gong to be an outstanding team, we need players who are going to step up in the big moments and realise, every time they play for England, they have the chance to be involved in an iconic moment, a historic performance, and that they have that choice every time they go on the field.

Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.

The captaincy thing is brilliant, and I love it. But I didn't start off playing cricket to captain England. I wanted to score runs and stuff.

Every time I step onto the pitch for England, I feel great pride. I want to keep working hard to stay in the starting XI and push on to win trophies.

It is a proud moment to lead England out any time you do and on a world stage it gives it an extra oomph as well but it will be down there with the biggest lows if we don't win.

When I came back into the side in 2009 I had to play more aggressively, and did. But I should never have played 127 times for England in one day cricket.

Playing for England is always the main priority.

Obviously, I am hoping to go on and win many trophies for Spurs and for England. That's always been the aim since I was a kid, dreaming of lifting the trophy one day for them, so that's what I've got to do.

It still feels like I am just playing with my mates a lot of the time. A lot of us in the England team have grown up playing cricket together and formed very close friendships, which makes the dressing room a very enjoyable place to be.

Nasser Hussain was skipper when I first played for England and a massive influence. He showed me a lot of faith.

I want to challenge myself. I'm desperate to play in the Premier League, and I want to play for England.