A biography for Darren Benthasn’t been written yet.
“When I say Pochettino's greatest achievement at Spurs, people will say 'He got them to a Champions League final' but is that enough? Does that automatically catapult you into that elite bracket because you took a team to a Champions League final? For me, it doesn't.”
“I've always been easy-going.”
“People aimed a lot of Trippier but you knew what you were getting from Trippier. Technically on the ball, he was very good, positionally he got himself into the right areas.”
“For me, Alex Iwobi doesn't do it for me. His end product's not good enough, he doesn't score enough goals, doesn't create enough goals so he's not really doing anything.”
“Wherever I go I always take the Bible with me and put it beside my bed so it's there for me to read it every day.”
“In football you get forgotten very quickly, especially when you're not playing.”
“Playing in the Premier League comes with pressure anyway. It has the best players in the world and you have to believe in yourself, even if others don't always seem to.”
“When I was a kid coming through I just wanted to score 100 Premier League goals.”
“To be honest, I was focusing more on playing for Godmanchester Rovers than I was doing the long jump for England.”
“Michael Jordan is one of my favourite athletes ever so I've got a lot of his trainers.”
“I think Brendan Rodgers as a coach and a manager is absolutely superb.”
“After I scored my first goal for England, against Switzerland, when I turned up for the next game, against Denmark, that was the first time I thought, 'I belong here now.'”
“It's just nice to know that a manager believes in you and that you are going to play for him and you are his striker that he has brought to the club to play. You don't need any more confidence after that because if you are playing games week in, week out and scoring goals, confidence is high, you feel happy and you are glad to be playing football.”
“Every time you play for your country it is like you are on trial to be honest.”
“When I was at Charlton, I could have gone to West Ham for double. But I chose to go to Tottenham for footballing reasons.”
“Look at Salah's numbers - they're ridiculous.”
“I've had to adapt from playing every week to having to fight for my place, but I don't mind that if I become a better player.”
“I'd rather score five tap-ins than two wonder goals.”
“I'm a big basketball fan and my team is the Cleveland Cavaliers.”
“I went to Villa to be with top players, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing, who create chances.”