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" Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different. "

Frank Lampard

Time

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" I always dedicate my goals to my mum. I lost her a couple of years ago. She was my biggest supporter and is always with me. "

Frank Lampard

Her

She

" To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be. "

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" I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through. "

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

" I fancy our chances at the European Championships. "

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" 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. "

" I have made lots of mistakes on and off the pitch, and you can only learn from them. If I can get that across, then hopefully I am doing something right. "

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

" 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. "

" I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true. "

Frank Lampard

Day

Think

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

Frank Lampard

World

I Am

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

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Frank Lampard

Why

Want

" I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges. "

" I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I always know they're going to want to talk football if 'Talksport' is on the radio. "

" 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. "

" Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals. "