Jordan Henderson

“Age is not really the biggest factor, whichever end of the scale you are at. It's how you perform, how you respond to the challenge of having good players around you competing for your place.”

“I'm probably my biggest critic.”

“It is about winning a trophy. It doesn't make any difference to me who lifts it; I would just rather win.”

“When you're not playing, it is difficult to feel that you are the leader of the team.”

“When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.”

“Of course, people are going to criticise when things aren't going well. As players, we have to take on responsibility and prove people wrong.”

“I'm not particularly into people giving me credit. It's not something I think about. It's not important to me. The only thing that's important is if I'm doing my job properly on the pitch for the team and for the manager.”

“When you win or lose, no-one dies: you win, or you lose.”

“People have to fear England and not want to play us. The only way of doing that is to play at a high tempo and win games.”

“The way we play at Liverpool is with high-intensity football, pressing high up the pitch, winning the ball back quickly, and counter-pressing.”

“It's not about individuals; it's all about team work.”

“The physical part of football has always been a massive part of my game so I can cover the ground during games.”

“It was football for me always.”

“As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.”

“When I finish my career, I can look back and then decide if it was good or not.”

“When I was very young, coming into the Sunderland side, if we got beaten, I'd be very down. I'd go home, and it would drag on for days, I'd be thinking about the game. I was from Sunderland, felt things like a fan, and got really down.”

“You can't keep having the pressure on your goal all of the time because, eventually, a team will get through.”

“When you play for Liverpool and England, you have good players around you, and you want to compete with the best.”

“Now and again, you may be picking a pass or two in behind, making something happen, but when we're attacking - especially at Liverpool - I'm focusing on protection, being disciplined, being careful, worrying about counter-attacks, things like that.”

“As players, you've got to keep improving, keep learning, keep playing well to get your place in the team.”