A biography for Ashley Barneshasn’t been written yet.
“I see people in the game who don't realise what they've got. But for someone who has come from non-league football and schoolboys' football and who went and played everywhere, because so long as I had a football at my feet I was happy, I appreciate everything that is put in front of me.”
“I always said that I wanted to reach the top and I have done that. Every day I wake up, I have to pinch myself. This is amazing and it's what I dreamt of every day when I was younger.”
“Obviously it would be tough to be selected for England with the number of good players there is, and it is the same with Austria, but if anything came up at a later stage I'd definitely consider it.”
“Maybe I don't take certain things for granted as much as some footballers because I remember what it was like to train in a cow field where defenders aren't the only things you have to worry about side-stepping.”
“Of course I enjoy playing the villain. Some of these players are 10 times better than you on the pitch, so you've got to try and bring them down or try some tactic to get the upper hand.”
“I can definitely play - I am not just that battering ram or Kevin Davies-type style player that people say I am. I am a lot better than that technically and I do back myself so much, but I also give it my all and leave everything on the pitch.”
“It doesn't matter if you're old or young, you win together and lose together.”
“I learn every day on the training ground.”
“I believe every time we step on the pitch that we're going to win.”