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“I'd be lying if I said there weren't times when I hadn't lost a little bit of confidence. But the people around me, close to me, were the ones to tell me I'd been playing slightly differently, not as confidently as I had been.”
“Sometimes when I play on the wing, I have to remind myself to stay out wide because I tend to naturally drift in towards the ball. I try to get on the ball and make something happen.”
“All managers make decisions, and sometimes they are right, and sometimes people say they are wrong.”
“It's important for any player to be versatile enough to be able to play in different positions.”
“I am old enough and wise enough and I have been around long enough to know that things will be said - and not nice things a lot of the time. And when you are doing well, nice things will be said.”
“When I've watched teams that play with five at the back and wing-backs, I've looked at their starting positions and positions out of possession because that comes a little bit more unnaturally to me.”
“There is always room for improvement, and I have always grown up knowing however well I have done, there is always something I could have done better.”
“My dad speaks a lot of sense and keeps me grounded. He'll watch me play and, if I've done well, he'll have a quiet word with me and say, 'Well done.' If I've had a not-so-good game, he'll let me know about it.”
“I can take so much from someone like Mo Salah.”
“When there's a lot of talk about a team that should or could be winning things, and it's not happening, it can become a little bit frustrating.”
“In my head, I was like any young kid: 'I'm going to be a footballer.' But at the same time, my mum and dad were making me do my schoolwork, and that was important.”
“When you have watched someone long enough, you know what they can do.”
“If I hadn't wanted to become a footballer, Dad wouldn't have made me do it.”
“It takes time to settle in and learn a new formation and style of play.”
“As a footballer, you want to play every game.”
“When you have a good bunch of youthful players, it's good to start them off together earlier rather than later, as they build up friendships.”
“Playing in a team like Arsenal helps massively having all of these players around you giving you advice. When they are playing well, you feel comfortable, and it helps you to play well, too.”
“Clubs will lose great players, and great players will come in.”
“The more positions I can play, it gives the manager a nice headache, and it can be helpful for him.”
“You become more aware of your body when you go through a long injury. You work on things you don't know about until you get injured, so different muscles.”