Andy Carroll

“It was great to be away at the Euros, playing with the best players in Europe.”

“If I get picked I get picked. But everyone wants to play for their country. Whatever's in front of me, I'll have a go at.”

“You've got to have good friends around you.”

“I was injured when I signed for Liverpool and, after that, it was hard to get my fitness back. I just needed a run of games really and didn't get them, but I always believed in myself.”

“Great strikers don't think about the one they've just missed.”

“Even when I played at Newcastle my mam and dad didn't give me an easy time.”

“I don't mind a pint now and again, but that is the way I have been brought up.”

“I've realised my mistakes in the past, and realised what I want to be, and what I am.”

“If I go in the box I am going to get marked and held.”

“I try and forget the injuries I have had but I have had some weird ones. The plantar fascia. Why? How? It's a rare injury.”

“I know I can play football, I know I can score goals, so I can handle the spotlight.”

“When I was coming through at Newcastle I guess there were a lot of jealous people, people who tried to provoke me and getting me involved in things I shouldn't have been involved in.”

“When I was 15, I had played as a striker and I was the only left-footed player in the team, so they put me left back. My contract was running down and I knew I was in trouble, so I had to knock on the door and ask them to play me up top. I scored a few goals. I've been there ever since.”

“It is a very dark place when you are injured. Lonely.”

“For me to play in the Premier League, it's not for the money it's because I love it.”

“It's always sad to see people get the sack.”

“Refs are all different and you know you will get away with stuff with some that you wouldn't with others, whether it's a foul or not.”

“I've been playing football all my life and I wasn't getting paid for it when I was younger.”

“Goals have always been in my game so I'm very confident I can score for Liverpool. I'll bring as much as I can to the team, I'll score goals, create chances, hold up the ball and just try my best really.”

“I know what I am capable of. If other people don't believe it, that is fine. I just get on with it.”