Top 74 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Butland

Whether you play or whether you're on the bench, or however it may be, at some point in your career you will be one of those three roles. You will either be a young, up-and-coming goalkeeper watching the experienced one, you'll either be on the bench or you'll be in goal yourself.

We have to be aware of our profile all the time now, there are cameras everywhere. It can be difficult at times, we are young men after all. But we know we have to be careful. We have to be responsible.

There's no reason why we can't win trophies at Stoke, we'll try and win some cups and do as well as we can, but I obviously have ambitions.

I had a fantastic time at Birmingham and I never regret anything that happened there.

We can only control what we do on the pitch and what we do on the training ground.

I had dreams of being a professional rugby player.

I've always said and I've never hidden the fact that I want to play at the top, be England's No 1 and win trophies.

I want to play in the Champions League and I want to win trophies.

The Champions League has always been a target of mine. I do want to play at the top.

I want to test myself, playing with the best and against the best. I can do that at international level, so that's my target and what I want to reach.

I have learned in football that you can't trust anyone and if you listen to what everyone says, more often than not it doesn't happen. So when I'm told 'so-and-so are interested' or 'such-and-such have done this' I don't get caught up in it all.

My ambitions are to be the Stoke number one and England number one, but there are other things I want to achieve in my career as well.

As a goalkeeper experience is a massive thing, and there is nothing better than playing games, which thankfully I managed to do at the Olympics.

Communication is something that I find if don't do, I will go missing, I won't be fully focused. If I'm constantly giving messages to the defenders not only do they know where they are but I am switched on and in the right position. It all links together.

You've always got to back yourself.

You never know what may happen with injuries and suspensions.

I'm massively passionate about playing for my country.

For me, playing for my country is the ultimate honour, and I've been fortunate enough to do that through many of the age groups. It's something that will never get old or boring for me.

I love playing any sport.

All I can focus on is playing as many games as I can at the highest level. If that leads me to the World Cup, then brilliant. It's certainly a target of mine.

I'm at Stoke, I'm enjoying it, it's not my fault and I shouldn't be discriminated against just because who I play for.

I've been very lucky to have great support around me.

As a goalkeeper it's so important to be in the right position to come and clear those through balls, to make those right decisions.

Of course, I want to play for England as often as I can and at major tournaments.

It is obviously wonderful to be linked with a club with the history of Liverpool.

Coming to Stoke was a chance for me to develop and take my game to the next level.

I want to become the best goalkeeper in the country and the best goalkeeper around.

I won't kick up a fuss and I will always be a team man, but ultimately I want to play.

I am not someone who enjoys being on the bench.

I know my dad would have loved me to have played rugby. He was a No. 8. I started off playing centre and ended up playing at the back of the scrum, No. 8 as well, just picking it up and running with it.

I am enjoying the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

To be in the England squad, you have got to be playing well and your standards have got to be up there.

I've been fortunate enough to play at all the age groups but I'm not eligible for them anymore.

It's a good thing isn't it, having competition? I enjoy it.

You reach sometimes when you're at the lowest and times when you don't know if you are going to play again or when the next injection or operation might be. There are sometimes when you are at rock bottom. That's when you need people around you, at the club, the fans, little tweets on social media to give you some reassurance.

I played rugby until I was 15, 16 and I eventually had to say, 'No, I have to choose one' and it was obviously going to be football, I miss playing rugby a lot.

Regardless of what happens, I want to be part of a successful England team and if I have to swallow my pride and disappointment at not being the number one, then I've got to do that for us to be successful and obviously to help whoever is in goal perform at their best.

I'm confident about playing on the big stage.

I love watching the Six Nations.

There's always people watching you, no matter who you are or who you're playing for.

Sometimes you have a good game and mentally you are very tired.

I don't know how many 19 year-olds are playing in the Championship, there's certainly not any playing in the Premiership. It depends on what type of character you are really.

If you get a career-threatening injury your career is done and you need something to fall back on. But if it wasn't for football I would have played rugby, if it wasn't rugby it would have been basketball and I would have just gone through all the sports.

The Olympics has solely been around other sports as far as Great Britain has been considered.

I learnt at the Euros that that is the level I want to be at. That is where I want to be. The standard of the strikers there was top class. That is where I want to be for a long period of my career.

I do want to play at the top.

I wasn't a goalkeeper until I was 13 or 14 so before that, my heroes were the likes of Paul Scholes and David Beckham, but since becoming a goalkeeper, I've obviously trained with Joe Hart.

I get on with Joe Hart really well. He joined Birmingham on loan when I was there and to see him working day-in, day-out was brilliant. As I've progressed I've tried to model myself on him.

We used to go cycling as a family every weekend. I played basketball, cricket, badminton, and was half-decent at them.

If I could wish to steal anyone's attributes whose would it be? Good question. Maybe not a specific attribute, but if I could replicate the longevity of Buffon's career I'd be a happy man.

It can be a lonely place when you are injured. You miss being out there with your team-mates and just experiencing the highs and the lows.

I was doing up to 10-12 hours a week sitting on a train to get to training but it was something I needed to do. But I still passed all my GCSEs - two As, six Bs and a C.

I want to be playing in the Premier League.

I feel I have experienced pretty much everything I can in football, winning, losing, the injury side and all the set-backs.

I am very proud to represent my country and the honour of being captain.

We are a rugby family really. My dad and both granddads played rugby. Dad was good, on his way to Bath until he broke his leg. My brother Harry got an invitation to go and play for Bristol. I go and watch Sale Sharks and have been to Twickenham a few times.

I'm always confident in my ability; you have to be as a goalkeeper.

I've played for England, played in the Olympics and made my Premier League debut.

We all know the power of social media, things can get out there so quickly. We are high-profile footballers, we know that.

I've experienced tournament wins with younger age groups and I know how good it feels - it's about carrying on.