Ashley Young

“Players have to adapt nowadays, and if you have a good football brain, if you can read the game, you can manage it.”

“I'm a born winner.”

“I've shown I am deserving to be in the England squad, but I don't just want a place in the squad; I want to be in the team.”

“If you are in the team, there is always going to be someone biting away at your heels trying to get in.”

“I'm just the same as everyone - I can remember, growing up, watching the World Cup.”

“I can play in six different positions where managers can trust me. It must give them food for thought knowing I can do a job in different positions.”

“Everything that moved, I was kicking it. You can ask my mum and dad. A stone, a can, whatever.”

“Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.”

“We've got to rediscover the Manchester United way of playing, and I don't think many teams enjoy their nights at Old Trafford when we're on song.”

“Of course I have aspirations and ambitions to play for my country.”

“I think age is just a number - if you are young enough, you are old enough - as long as you are good enough, age shouldn't come into it.”

“There are a lot of players competing for that wide attacking role, and if I'm brutally honest, if you aren't playing regularly, you can't get picked. I found that out, missing out on the World Cup.”

“I'm a versatile player, can play in numerous positions, and I have a good football brain, even if it is getting older.”

“I'm just concentrating on my football. I'm not thinking about the length of my contract.”

“I like to spend time on freekicks after training.”