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" I'm confident in my ability, and I just try to enjoy myself when I play. "
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Enjoy
Myself
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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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" 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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" I'm confident in my ability that I can do well wherever it is. "
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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. "
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" Games and training are completely different. "
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" I'm glad I came to Palace because I am getting the game time I wanted. I am also learning to fight with some good players. "
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" I definitely don't want to be compared with Dele anymore. "
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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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Tough
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Right
" Always be confident on the ball and have no fear when going out on the pitch. That is one thing young players need to have in their game to develop and play their best football, so that is what I do. "
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Need
Game
Play
" Since I was a young kid, I have always been calm on the ball. That comes down to awareness as well. When you have good awareness and you know what's going on around you, you don't need to panic. There is no point. It just makes things worse. You have to stay calm, cool, and collected. "
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You
Need
" I want to play. I want to play as much as I can. "
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Much
Play
Want
" Playing with some of the best players in the world, you're going to get better every day. "
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Every Day
Best
Day
" I'm getting more confident the more I play. "
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Play
Confident
Getting
" Training has always been top level. No matter if it's at a World Cup or not, training's been really good and at a high level. "
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Training
Always
World
" It's important for me to work hard and give 100 per cent in training to try to improve. "
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Important
Training
Me
" 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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Need
Progress
Feel
" To compare players at different stages in their career shouldn't happen. "
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Different
Career
Compare
" I'd had success with the junior England teams. "
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Junior
Success
Teams
" Playing at the World Cup stage excites me. "
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Me
Stage
Excites
" 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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Saying
People
First
" As a youth player, I played for England and got used to it, and I have just to carry it on to the bigger stage. "
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Stage
Carry
Used
" My dad produces good footballers. "
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" I know how to deal with pressure. "
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Deal
How
Pressure
" 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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Team
Day
End
" 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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Hard
Faith
Club
" I'd been at Chelsea for a while and progressed quite quickly until I got to the first team, and then it was different. I was used to playing every minute of every game, but when you get to that level, the step up is massive. There are world-class players in front of you, and no matter how talented you are, breaking in is difficult. "
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You
" Arsenal-Chelsea games can go either way. They are always competitive and physical and really good games technically. "
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Always
Games
" I've trained with some top players at Chelsea, but sometimes training is not enough. "
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Some
Sometimes
Top
" Zidane was just so majestic on the ball, relaxed. He oozed class, and I loved watching him. I remember France against Brazil in 2006. One of those game, I just couldn't believe the class of him. "
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