Ryan Mason

“Maybe bring in sponge balls to learn the technique and gain that experience of actually challenging for a header.”

“I look at some kids and they head the ball with the top of the head and their technique is all wrong, therefore the pressure that it's putting on the brain is a lot more.”

“When I was in the youth team, I didn't really see a path into the first team initially because there were managers who didn't really want to promote youth, they'd rather go out and buy someone.”

“Obviously it's my job, a coach's job to start giving the players a platform and start preparing, start planning.”

“What separates the good players from the greats people remember is consistency.”

“I loved football, that's all I knew.”

“I am and always will be eternally grateful for the incredible network of people around me who have helped me to recover from what was a life-threatening injury in January 2017.”

“When you're very close to having your life taken away from you, it would be strange if that didn't have an effect on you.”

“It's a scary moment when you're on a football pitch and realize that your life is in danger - it was a one in a million kind of thing.”

“I want us to be brave and aggressive and play like Tottenham Hotspur.”

“We live in a world with men wanting to be brave. Not many will stand up and say, 'I don't feel right here.'”

“No matter how hard it got, I've always been fortunate enough, thinking I'm actually lucky to be here.' I always took that mindset.”

“Of course I'm a Tottenham man.”

“I want to score more than 10 goals and help the team to win games.”

“Representing my country is an honor that nobody can ever take away from me and something that I am so proud to have achieved.”

“My main priority was to get my health back. I had my family around me and my partner had just had a baby. It put into perspective some of the things that were most important.”

“Football, for a lot of people, is everything they have in life.”

“I'd be lying if I said certain comments don't affect you. We're human beings. I had to zone out of it and had to take myself off social media as a player because I didn't want to see it.”

“In terms of management, I love what I am doing, it's incredible, I love representing the club and having the honor and responsibility of helping a set of players get football results because there is nothing better.”

“That's important as players, we have to be happy to perform to our best.”