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" I come from a football family which has really helped. "

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" 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. "

" When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering who's performing better, you take your eye off the ball. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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