A biography for Jonjo Shelveyhasn’t been written yet.
“I was at Arsenal but I didn't like the manager of the under-10s at the time so I went to West Ham where my brother played.”
“It doesn't matter who you play against in midfield, you need to try to come out on top and more often than not when a team wins a midfield battle they normally have a good chance of winning the game because that's where a lot of the play goes through.”
“I had a year out playing local football before I went to Charlton at 12. West Ham was the club I supported so it was a hard decision to leave.”
“I loved the Swansea fans but towards the end there were things being written about me and a lot of rumours when nobody actually knew the full extent of what was going on behind the cenes. I'll leave it at that.”
“My dad brought me up to respect people but if you have your opinion and feel you're in the right, not to be afraid to say it.”
“If I'm not playing well, or I'm trying things and they're not coming off, the one thing I will always do is work hard. And I think, as a fan, that's the least you can ask for.”
“I hate getting the ball and passing it sideways or backwards. I hate it.”
“I'm a winner and I've had that instilled in me since I was a kid and sometimes it goes over the edge.”
“It was unusual to see a bald nine-year-old so I would play football in hats.”
“It's a business and it's a short career. You need to get in, earn as much money as possible. Get out.”
“I have tactics that calm me down and mellow me out so I go in to the game calm and ready instead of punching the walls.”
“I've got alopecia so I've got bald patches all over my head and I grew up with that, so obviously I've become accustomed to it, but it's still not nice when people are saying it in your industry when they know you've got a condition.”
“Where I grew up, in Harold Hill, it was rough and it still is now. I used to live in a little council flat, next to the shops, and there was always trouble, people getting stabbed.”
“I remember walking through Romford with my sister and I had my bald head and people would stare. My sister would get upset about it and ask people what they were looking at. Now, I've got to the stage that I don't even bother shaving it some days.”
“If I stay mentally right during a game, then I feel like I can be up there with the best.”
“No one's going to remember you after football. No one cares about you after football.”
“People can say what they want. But I'm the one who goes out there and trains every day as hard as I can.”