A biography for Ben Whitehasn’t been written yet.
“I always want to do the most I can to be a success. So if I had gone into gardening, it would have been the same.”
“I didn't grow up watching football in my house as it wasn't on.”
“It's so intense, you come in every day and give 100 per cent. All I want to do is go home and not think about it.”
“I watch myself for analytical reasons. I watch England, maybe. I just wouldn't just sit down and watch a game.”
“That's what Leeds are known for - the press and how well they do it.”
“I wasn't good enough when I was younger.”
“I've never done it before, but it would obviously be an absolute honour to be captain.”
“I feel like I'm a day-to day-person.”
“Things will be what they will be and you deal with it when it comes.”
“I've played in all the leagues, and before each league, I was wondering if I could step up, but year after year, I've managed to do it.”
“Playing for points in the lower leagues and winning games is an amazing feeling, simply because the boys didn't get paid as much, so the three points and a bonus is really important to them. The players really put in a shift as a result.”
“You are playing against better players in the Premier League. Pressing can be hard if you get picked off. I think it's riskier to do it if you are not 100 per cent confident in it.”
“Now I try to play the game, not the situation. You have to stay level-headed and not get too emotional.”
“I have been on loan three times, I have been places for a year.”
“Like for me, playing centre-back and right-back, I only have to look forward - I never worry about what is behind me.”
“Every day me and Martinelli have a one-v-one battle, but then as soon as the session is over our relationship is so good.”
“I don't speak Portuguese.”
“I don't think my dad has ever said to me 'shall we watch a game on TV?' He absolutely isn't interested in that, I don't think he's ever watched one on TV.”
“I'd probably be working with my dad if I wasn't a footballer. He used to be a gardener. I think that's why there was never any pressure on me growing up, because I would have been very happy with that.”
“I remember being young and always wanting to win and play aggressively and do as much as I could to win.”