Frank Lampard

“I loved reading Roald Dahl when I was young but I had forgotten a lot about the books. I read the 'BFG' on the iPad the other day and it was so interesting to see his descriptions of clothes and places.”

“I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.”

“When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.”

“You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.”

“Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.”

“Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.”

“I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true.”

“Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.”

“Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.”

“I have made lots of mistakes on and off the pitch, and you can only learn from them. If I can get that across, then hopefully I am doing something right.”

“Scoring goals is the best feeling you can have. I always look up at the stand for my family straight afterwards; it means everything to me that they travel to every game.”

“I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.”

“I think about all my successes and failures, and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.”

“I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.”

“I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.”

“Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.”

“I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.”