A biography for Chris Smallinghasn’t been written yet.
“It is nice to hear yourself being compared to great players.”
“Ultimately, what you're feeding yourself has a bearing on how you're going to perform.”
“I liked business studies and economics at school and it followed on from there.”
“At cricket, I was mainly a bowler and tried to bat. I hit the odd four or six and then got out! In athletics, I was mainly triple jump and 200m.”
“I just try to do my best and try to be a part of the team.”
“Everyone becomes a lot more focused when you come towards the critical stages of the season.”
“All you can do is let your football do the talking.”
“It's hard to sit back and just go through your whole career, because everything's always moving so fast. But the odd milestone is always a nice moment, and when you look at the previous players to have hit those kind of milestones, it's nice to be in that company.”
“Just to be able to be at a club like Manchester United for so long when I first joined, you never know how it's going to turn out.”
“It is nice to hear some positive words from the manager.”
“Nobody wants to train every day so the more games the better.”
“I like Thai food, Jamaican stews with yam, pumpkin and sweet potato.”
“If you would have told me that I'd be in a European final back when I was at Maidstone then I wouldn't have believed you.”
“I think a lot of managers say that it starts from the front and us as defenders know it helps our job when the front two strikers put that pressure on. If they can do that it makes our job a lot easier.”
“When you get the shirt and a position in the team, you don't want to give it up.”
“I didn't know too many people in life, not just in sports but in life, that were vegan, so it was something that I had to educate myself on fully before I could, one, do it myself, and, two, talk to others about it.”
“If they want to kick the ball up in the air, I will challenge all day long.”
“Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.”
“All of us are professionals and no player wants not to play.”