Jordan Pickford

“I'd travel to Alfreton for games, and my dad, Lee, would drive. I'd eat my pre-match meal in the back. Mam would make chicken and pasta, and she'd stick it in a tub.”

“I got a lot of games under my belt in the lower leagues, and I don't feel the Premier League or England is that much different.”

“We do about 600 saves in a training week, just for that one save on a match day. That's why you've got to be in the game at all times.”

“I would advise that if you can get out on loan and play football, it is the best path to go down.”

“I am able to mentally block out mistakes.”

“I always wanted to be going out on loan and playing football and maturing as a goalkeeper.”

“When there are just 500 fans inside a ground, you can hear everything they say, every little word that is getting said. So that is what turns you from a kid into a man.”

“I've saved a few penalties; I'm good at them.”

“Coming into a new club, it's always exciting.”

“I know if I have played well or badly. I always ask my dad, and he tells me straight.”

“I am always learning and always wanting to improve.”

“I know I'm only 24, but I know in my head already I am mature, because I've got the right mental side of it.”

“I wasn't going to McDonald's every week, but a nice pizza after three points isn't a bad way to have it.”

“Football doesn't bother me. I just enjoy it. It's when you have to go to clubs and sing and do initiations and all that stuff. That's when I get nervous.”

“My mam and dad have brought me up well.”

“Nothing really affects me. That's from being brought up well by my parents and where we're from, and we're a hard working family.”

“The Manchester City game is what the Premier League is all about. You have to thrive on those big occasions.”

“It's the little things you remember. My mam, Sue, would take me to training in a taxi when I was a kid if Dad, who is a builder, had to work on a Saturday morning. You look back at the stuff like that and realise the sacrifices were all worth it.”

“While at Sunderland, I was No. 13, which I'd worn since I was 18, so it proved to be a decent number for me.”

“I always take my opportunities.”