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" I've really enjoyed myself and the time I've had on the pitch, the opportunity to play for England. "
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
England
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" 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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" 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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" 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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Pressure
" I believe that if you do all the right things, in time, you will get your opportunities. "
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Right
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" I definitely don't want to be compared with Dele anymore. "
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Journey
Different
Everyone
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Progress
Feel
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You
" 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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Play
" I'd had success with the junior England teams. "
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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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