This is what playing football is all about - trying to reach finals and trying to lift trophies.
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It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'
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Any moment that you have the opportunity to wear the armband for your country is amazing.
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I realise that sometimes you have to make tough decisions and football doesn't wait for people.
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The hardest thing is when things are not going so well and you have got to dig in and get results.
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I have been my own man. I feel like I can be me but I have obviously learned from the best.
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As players we are in control of what we do and the way we prepare for the games.
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When Chelsea came calling for me, it was an opportunity, it was a chance and looking from the outset you may not be sure how it's going to go. But it's one you can't turn down, you have to grab it with both hands. Then you have to work as hard as you can to make it work.
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I am constantly analysing my performances and I tend to focus more on things I haven't done as well as I'd have liked.