Frank Lampard Quotes

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea.

Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way...

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

I think about all my successes and failures and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.

I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.

When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.

I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years.

For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.

I'm like everyone else: I want to play every game, but it's not possible.

You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.

If you're going to be a man that reads the papers and takes everything as gospel truth, that's a sign of who you are, that isn't a sign of the reality.

I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.

I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.

I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.

I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.

Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.

I loved being in America. It was a great experience. People will be drawn to China because of the money but the lifestyle, everything about America, I couldn't recommend it enough.

Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.

When I came to Chelsea from West Ham there were certain parts of my game I felt I needed to improve and I like to think now that I have shown dramatic improvement.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.

I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.

I come from a football family which has really helped.

The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.

I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

But what club wouldn't welcome the chance to strengthen their side, what club would turn down the resources Chelsea have?

That's the statement of the culture of England and Britain that someone would try to con a personal statement out of you to then be broadcast everywhere for everyone to debate.

The title is still on the cards until it's off the cards.