Michail Antonio

“There was one stage in my football career where I thought I wasn't going to make it. We didn't have much money growing up and my dad always said to me that football wasn't a real job.”

“In a normal job, if there was a chance for you to get promoted, are you going to go, 'No, no, no - I want to stay in the exact same spot I'm in now.' Or, are you going to strive and move forward and be better?”

“I always want to push on, I always want to keep going because I feel like I've missed out on things in the past, so I'm going to keep going until I can't go anymore.”

“I was 13 and one of the boys on the other team called me a monkey. When I was younger, that sort of thing got me angry. I was the one who got a red card that day.”

“I always believe that people need to strive and push forward and keep going for your dreams and never give up. It doesn't matter what age you are.”

“Obviously I've been friends with loads of white people and there's certain things that happen and even though they're constantly around black people, they still don't understand. So maybe they can also educate themselves as well.”

“You get better by studying and playing with better players.”

“You come to me and punch me in my face I'm going to protect myself.”

“I always want my shirt, I always want to play.”

“Where I grew up, kids were quite bad and people wouldn't really have expected for me to go from there to where I am now.”

“I always want to make enough for my kids. So if they want to go to university, I can pay for them to go. Maybe buy their first car, buy their first house for them so they can go out and work and not know the struggle I went through. That is my mission. If I can do that by the time I have retired, then I have accomplished everything I wanted to.”

“I don't mind the wing-back role but I don't like to feel boxed in defence. I like to be free, involved and scoring goals - that's when I'm happiest.”

“One thing I have always believed in is to never give up.”

“The majority of the time having first touches, when the ball comes to you, you're normally free so you've got time to control, but as a centre forward, you've got to be able to ride it. You've got to tense your body, but then have your foot be soft enough to control the ball, as well.”

“London is becoming more of a business than a place for families. You can't live here. We're not investing in the future.”

“The way I play, people might say I'm not technically the best. They say I'm powerful, I'm strong. But one thing I learned from when I was young is how to help my team win the game. And that's scoring goals and being strong.”

“There was the time when I thought about joining a gang. When you're young and the girls are attracted to the bad boys, the bad boys had all the money. I didn't have much so I wanted to attract that.”

“There's nothing better than scoring a goal and hearing a roar from the fans.”

“You can see it with Dele Alli, he's come from League One and he's already in the England squad. You see it with Vardy. Hopefully I can get the call-up as well.”

“I have got a self-confidence that I have the ability but felt I was not being lucky and was an unlucky person.”