Top 96 Quotes & Sayings by Dominic Calvert-Lewin - Page 2

I am a proud Englishman and proud every time I pull on the England shirt.

We're human beings, we're still learning and still growing.

Whoever scores the most goals, the Golden Boot is a by-product of that. I want to be seen up there, at that level.

I'd gone through a lot of ups and downs and learnt from a lot of experiences as a young player joining Everton and playing under pressure.

I always knew to warrant a call-up for my country, it was important that I was doing my job, and that is scoring goals.

I think the more I play, the more goals I will score and will become more prolific because I'm working hard in training to become a better player every day and I do believe I can play for England at some point.

You can score goals at youth level but men's football teaches you things. It teaches you real football and you realise that this game is sink or swim.

I've been blessed with the athleticism that I've got. I've worked a little bit to try and fine-tune certain aspects - my pace, leap, timing - to make it work on the football pitch, but I always had it in my armoury being able to jump high. I was always good at long jump back in the day at school - nobody could ever beat me.

I work a lot with Duncan Ferguson - and after training - doing finishing drills and how to become a better player.

My target from a young boy is to try and reach as far as possible and achieve as much as I possibly can.

I've always felt I've enjoyed the physical battle and enjoyed the tough tests.

I'm a student of the game and a fan of football so I enjoy watching other centre-forwards.

It's very difficult, but if I'm talking from my personal view and what I do as a job, which is playing football, how the Premier League and football handles racism should be with great severity because there's no place for it in the world.

I was very fortunate to play in the under-20s and under-21s.

Being in the best league in the world you are expected to score goals. I am disappointed when that doesn't happen but that is not to say I'm not working on it and trying to improve every day.

I think I want to become more rounded, I want to keep honing my skills and fine-tuning the qualities that I have. And scoring more goals - every striker wants to score more goals.

As long as some players are getting fined more for showing an advertisement on their boxer shorts or whatever it is than other players are for being racist then that's morally wrong and it has to change.

Every season you have to get better.

I've had my football education in the Premier League in the eyes of everybody to see.

It's always hard sleeping after an evening game because you have a lot of caffeine for the game and the adrenalin is still going around your body. You go to bed and realise you're still wide awake.

I enjoy being a presence in the box.

No matter how good you are, or what level you get to, there's always going to be people that don't think you are very good or have their opinion to say.

I am proud of myself for overcoming adversity.

It's definitely not an overnight success. There has been a lot of work, effort and concentration to get where I am now. I've gone through different experiences, good and tough, to mould me into the player I am now.

I need to stay consistent, I don't look too far ahead but just affect what I can affect. To be ready in the right place at the right time to put the ball in the back of the net.

Of course there's no place for racism in the game.

Football will chew you up and spit you out if you let it.

My leap is something that I've always had. I've always been able to jump high.

I'm a big admirer of Raheem and I think that he's a big role model for people like myself, young black people and young people as a whole.

Every time we lose I just want to play the next one and win.

It doesn't matter where you come from.

It is a dream come true to wear the No 9 shirt.

I like to bring different things to the table.

I like to think I've got a bit of everything in my game.

I'm competing with myself every day in training to try and better myself, and going into games to try and score goals.

I don't think you've ever done enough to guarantee a spot at the Euros.