A biography for James Ward-Prowsehasn’t been written yet.
“As captain you naturally want to go out and take the game by storm.”
“People at Southampton have been showing me the way and I am still learning all the time about being a leader.”
“To be playing a different nation is definitely exciting.”
“We have got to give everything when we cross that white line.”
“Always applied myself 100 per cent to what I'm doing.”
“It's difficult when a player comes in for big money.”
“We want to be the best in the world. If you want to win tournaments you've got to become that sort of team.”
“You have setbacks in your career, you have challenges.”
“I want to create my own image, put my own stamp on things.”
“I've had some really special moments in a Southampton shirt, in terms of some big games.”
“I think as a young player, coming through the system like I have, you play for the love of the game, you play for the competitiveness.”
“Regardless of where you're from you put on the Southampton shirt and you want to do your best, and that's no different from a league game to a final.”
“When I go out to play now I don't think it's the be all and end all. I've got something greater than football at home.”
“I've had difficult experiences and obviously there's been the birth of my son.”
“Everybody leads in different ways but the best captains lead by example.”
“I had to really go away and practice and try and perfect the dead-ball situations and being in the same squad as Rickie Lambert, who better to teach me? He had a fantastic record of free-kicks and I learnt a lot from him.”
“I think it's every young player's dream to play for England and to be given that opportunity and chance to represent your country and do everyone proud is a great honour.”
“If I can put the ball where I'm aiming to put it, then the goalkeeper shouldn't save it.”
“All of my role models - Gerrard, Lampard and Beckham - were leaders and that's the sort of person I like to think I am, an inspiration to others.”
“Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, all the top English players are who I strive to be like.”