A biography for Ryan Masonhasn’t been written yet.
“Tottenham were great with me.”
“Harry Kane is one of the most professional guys I've ever seen or come across in my life.”
“There's always another press conference, another training session and more videos to watch.”
“If you have got a seven- or eight-year-old heading a solid ball, and his brain and his bone in his skull isn't fully developed, then that could potentially be doing damage.”
“It was a big impact. I fractured the skull and it shattered into quite a few pieces. The plates I've had inserted will be there permanently, along with the screws.”
“Between 18 and 21, a lot of people said I needed to put on weight.”
“It's not easy to win every game.”
“There's always speculation around the best players.”
“I don't really like singling out players but it's hard not to.”
“I was a luxury player. Having been pampered at Tottenham for so long, I went into League One and had to graft and learn the ugly side of the game. I grew as a player.”
“I'm quite a positive person anyway and I realize the benefits of not trying to look at the negatives on things.”
“It's football and anyone involved knows that you have to be prepared.”
“There were times when I just couldn't be around noise, and people talking in the same room would have been too much for me.”
“My whole life, I've been preparing for moments and you can only know how you're going to react once you're in them.”
“I want to be positive. I want to be happy. I want to work hard and enjoy the moment and have experiences to look back on when I'm older.”
“We want to play nice football but there are times in games and situations where you can't do that, and you have to come together and be solid.”
“I'd never tell a player not to back his team-mate because it's part of being together.”
“It's very difficult in the Premier League to win three, four, five games in a row.”
“I think my thoughts were of pure fear in those seconds after the collision. A clash of heads is pretty common in football but the sheer impact of it was worrying, because it was in this temple area. It seems to be a softer part of the head. I remember being on the ground. It really did feel like a bomb had exploded in my head. It was so painful.”
“To have had the honor of captaining the team fills me with immense pride.”