Top 31 Quotes & Sayings by Ivan Toney

I want to play at the highest possible level - the Premier League.

The boost in confidence that kept me going in those early days when I was at Newcastle came from Peter Beardsley.

I want to be the man to take Brentford into the Premier League, but it's not just myself, it's going to be the other players playing a massive part as well. I'm ready for the challenge.

I see myself as a Premier League player. If I see myself as a Championship player, that's not good enough. You have to aim higher and if you come just short then it's not too bad.

Do I think I can get 25 goals? Yes. If you set targets, they must be sky high because if you finish just under it's still going to be a good achievement.

I believe in myself and I know I'm capable of doing certain things that nobody can really do, I would say.

When you're a striker, confidence is key. The only person who can do it - and sometimes the only person who believes you can - is yourself. If you believe, anything is possible.

I'm confident, a winner, a joker and someone who will help anyone.

My mum keeps telling me to stop getting tattoos but I'll get a few more sneaky ones in.

Going on all those loan spells helped me massively. They turned me into a man quicker than I should have.

If you want to achieve something, it doesn't matter what others think, you have got to make sure you achieve it.

A top striker like Harry Kane turns half chances into full chances by scoring them.

If I had a pound for every time I heard Ollie Watkins' name I could buy half of London!

I get told off by my mum for being a bit rough on the pitch. I'm in the referee's ear a lot - referees probably hate me - but it's just part of my game. My mum tells me off for that as well; speaking to refs too much.

And physically and mentally, there were times when Newcastle first sent me out on loan, where I felt I was getting bullied. I was used to Under-23s football, tiki-taka, but in the lower leagues, it's about results and putting yourself about.

There's always pressure but I don't feel it. That's why Brentford brought me in. They believed I could fill the shoes of all the strikers that had been in there before.

People can hide behind a screen. No one is going to do it at a match, in front of you, like throw a banana at a black player or something. They are very happy hiding behind a screen and being comfortable.

Peterborough brought me in to do a job for them, which was to score goals. In the past they brought in strikers like Britt Assombalonga, Dwight Gayle and then shipped them on.

My agent is a Birmingham fan and I don't think Birmingham and Aston Villa get on too well.

My mum has played a massive part in my life.

I think I bring power and strength to the top of the pitch. I've scored goals but I know I could be more ruthless and get a few more.

So from that first loan at Barnsley, I thought I needed to get into the gym and get a bit stronger. I realised I can't just be trying to play round people. You have to get stuck in in those leagues.

It only matters how you see yourself. Not how others see you.

You must have high ambitions and high ambitions scare small-minded people.

At 18, I jumped to the Premier League from League Two which looks good on paper but it's about the journey and the stepping stones.

I moved to Newcastle as a young boy aged 18 and went straight into the Premier League. It was crazy.

If you see yourself as a winner, you're going to be a winner, you're going to make sure you become a winner. If you see yourself as fearless, you'll be fearless. I think that goes far, not just in football but in everything.

I want to be an established Premier League striker that is starting week in, week out.

You've got to be confident otherwise there's no point setting out to try and play at the top level. I feel like my ability will get me there, whether it's now, next season or whenever it is, I'm sure I'll be able to look after myself in the Premier League and do a good job.

It is up to me whether I continue to stay a Premier League player or just get caught up in the lights and fall back but I am sure that will not be the case.

When you are excited and you want to do something, you don't really care how your body is. You look past that and just enjoy it.