Now I am finally a City player, and that's all I wanted since the start.
Everyone wants to play in the Champions' League because that's where it is all happening. That's where you get the A-status for players. It's very important for young players.
I'm not a top-five player yet.
Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt. We don't need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool's players keeps them motivated.
If you are a top player in England, the cult around you is bigger than in Germany.
I have to treat all of the players at the same level with the same rules and same demands. It's difficult to understand, because the outside world is thinking when you pay a lot for the player, then you have to put him in the squad.
It's difficult when you're on loan, especially when you're not a young player who people may have sympathy for.
Everything goes fast in football. You can be transferred tomorrow, as you can be in one or two years.
I don't want players coming in from the college level that are either trying to avoid a suspension, declare themselves ineligible on their own, hire an agent and decide, 'I'm going to enter into the NFL.'
Like all players, I do not like being a substitute.
We cannot talk about a player who is not here.
I feel like a first-team Premier League player at Palace.
There are so many things that you have no control over: whether you play or not, whether you get traded or not, or whether you get waived or not.
Being a fringe player is not the role I want.
When I started out there weren't even contracts for players and now all the girls on the team are full-time professional athletes, I guess seeing that evolve over a period of time has been incredible.
It is my club, I am a Chelsea player.
I feel like an important player at world level.
Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.
If you're a senior player, and you really want to make an impact in the dressing room, it's difficult if you have players there who are not as committed as you are and they have a certain status.
They are not your players, they are loaned from the club. You just wheel them out for a game for England.
I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'
It's always good to hear when players aren't out for as long as you thought they would.
I'm pretty sure everyone in the country wants a bigger role if they're not a star player.
At Ostersunds, we had half the players who were part-time and working and the other half were full-time.
I play for my country and I am an established international.
