Kyle Walker

“If you're lucky enough to get into a Premier League or Championship team straight away, well done to you, but I feel really grateful for the experience that I had at the lower end.”

“When you don't give the forwards the service, then it's difficult for them to score. Not everyone's a Gareth Bale.”

“If I didn't play well, Dad was the first one to tell me where I'd gone wrong and give great advice.”

“Its always good to go above a local rival.”

“Every game is important.”

“I am not going to sit here and disrespect Tottenham one bit because what they have done for me over the years is fantastic, and I am more than grateful. The way they have made the stepping stones in the right direction over the years I have been there is crazy.”

“Once I remember shouting, 'Mum, can I get a pound for an ice cream?' and she said, 'I haven't got a pound, Kyle.' People take so much for granted, but I will never forget that.”

“If I can force my winger backwards, it just comes down to who's fitter, and I like to think I'm pretty fit.”

“With the Premier League, you can afford to lose a couple here and there, but it's a tough competition, a cup competition.”

“Hopefully, one day I'll get to play for Sheffield United in the Premier League; hopefully, that's a dream that can come true. They put a lot of faith in me, and hopefully I can finish my career there, just to say thank you.”

“I've played a lot of games in my career - against Fulham was my 400th.”

“I'm a perfectionist. I want everything done right. When it's not done right, I'm not happy.”

“They say that the best form of defence is attack, but maybe I have to take a look at how I defend.”

“I'm just me. Just Kyle from Sheffield. That's all I see myself as.”

“For us, as players, I am concentrating on the game rather than worrying about the fans, but obviously, you do want the atmosphere - when you do go to certain grounds, it is difficult to play there when you have got the atmosphere, the fans are right on their side.”

“The Tottenham way is attacking football - that's what the fans expect.”

“I want to play right-back. I have worked my whole life to get to where I am now in a World Cup squad and to showcase my talent in the World Cup stage, playing in my position.”

“You probably learn more on the bench.”

“I got my first taste of real professional football on loan at Northampton. I was 18 at the time, and I played only nine games, but it was a massive opportunity for me.”