A biography for Ben Whitehasn’t been written yet.
“To play full-back for Mikel Arteta, you've got to be a centre mid, a centre-back, a winger, a number 10.”
“Sitting down and watching a 90-minute game is the last thing I want to do after I've trained all day and had four or five meetings about football as well.”
“You go over there and you have seen the amount of fouls and stuff that is happening... I think most of them were on me. But it is kind of like different rules when you play in the Champions League: it's a lot softer, you can't make any tackles because you are going to give a foul away.”
“I don't think I was ever talented - like 'special' - I just worked harder than everyone else.”
“Any way we can score goals it's a positive.”
“It was tough not being wanted.”
“De Bruyne was really tough, unbelievably talented, and he can run as well.”
“I always get asked what I do after football - I don't really do much but I am always busy.”
“It's my job to do the best I can to stay in the team and help as much as possible.”
“At Arsenal, we build up in a three so I'm playing centre-back every week but just on some occasions I'm flying forwards.”
“I go home and football is not on my mind. I can just be a normal person, relax.”
“It's literally all down to my mum and dad. I definitely wouldn't be where I am now if they didn't help with all the stuff they did.”
“Playing centre-mid for me is about those moments, thinking when you can go, when you can win the ball back for your team.”
“Tomi is amazing. He's the best right-back I've ever played with. He's always focused. It's an honour to play next to him.”
“I've stepped into midfield and I'm enjoying that.”
“I think I've got some of the qualities to be captain, but we'll see in time.”
“I'm quite busy, I'm always doing something.”
“When I'm playing against players like Wilfried Zaha, I want it. I want to test myself against someone like that. It's exciting.”
“Coming to League Two, you go to a club and they are like: 'Who is this guy?' Then I go and smash the season and get player of the season. Then I go to a League One club and the same happens. Then I go to Leeds; no one has a clue who I am and I play every single minute.”
“I've got a wife now which is slightly different to when I was younger. Things have changed in my life.”