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" I won't be intimidated by any player or team, I think that is fundamental in football if you want to do well. "

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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" It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace. "

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" My goal simply was to have an impact, to try to make a contribution and help the team win. I wasn't thinking, 'I want to play well, so I start the next game.' But every kid's dream is to play in the World Cup. Watching at home with your parents when you're 10 years old, you never think you'll be there in the future. "

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" It's tough being at Chelsea. I work hard every day in training. It's a massive club with really good players, so you don't get the opportunity every weekend. "

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" Ever since I was in the Chelsea academy, I've had that awareness that people were saying I would be the first one to break through since John Terry. I believed I could, but the opportunities didn't quite come for me. "

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" As long as I get an opportunity, with my ability, I can do well. My England debut was an opportunity for me to show that, and I was really happy with how I did. "

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" I had problems growing up. I had a sudden growth spurt at 15 or 16, and I got a lot of injuries as a result. I gained all this muscle, and my bones couldn't cope. I used to get so tired. "

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" I'm confident in my ability, and I just try to enjoy myself when I play. "

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" I definitely don't want to be compared with Dele anymore. "

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" Managers are under pressure and maybe don't want to take a chance on a young player. "

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" The experience of being a Premier League player playing every week is just massive. "

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" I was 14, but it was on a thing called day release, so we took the day off school on a Wednesday to train and do school at Cobham, and at the end of the day, we got asked to train with the first team just because of numbers. There was a drill where it was like a 1v1 drill, and I got partnered with Drogba. I was going 1v1 with Drogba when I was 14. "

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" A big side of football is reacting to what happens. "

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" It's hard to compare the faith of Gareth Southgate and Roy Hodgson and my lack of chances at Chelsea because it's such a big club. "

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" Every game means something, the supporters are fantastic, and since I've come to Palace, I've learnt to fight as a team and for the three points. "

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" I'm getting more confident the more I play. "

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" All I do is try to do my best, and I try to enjoy my football as well. "

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" I realised to keep improving, I needed to play more. It wasn't easy not getting many chances, but I knew I just had to keep working hard in training and take the opportunities when they came. "

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" To compare players at different stages in their career shouldn't happen. "

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" I really liked watching Thierry Henry and Zidane, especially Henry in his Arsenal days. "

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" I'm not one to bow under immense pressure. I know how to deal with it. As a youth player growing up and playing for England, you deal with it then and get used to it. You just carry on into the bigger stages, and it has become natural to me. "

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

" It's important for me to work hard and give 100 per cent in training to try to improve. "

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" I've trained with some top players at Chelsea, but sometimes training is not enough. "

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" I'd say Eden Hazard is the best player I've trained with. But the best trainer has to be Frank Lampard. And John Terry, too. Their attitude to training. They train properly every day. They really stood out for me. "

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" I believe that if you do all the right things, in time, you will get your opportunities. "

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" I want to work really hard. "

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" When you don't play, you really feel the difference of what matches give you. The match-sharpness, the fitness. It's what you need to progress. "

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" It was tough, mentally, at Chelsea not getting the game time, but I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things. "

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" Playing with some of the best players in the world, you're going to get better every day. "

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" Games and training are completely different. "

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" I don't understand what's going on behind the scenes fully, but Chelsea's a massive club, and I understand why chances don't come so often. "

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