Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Wilshere - Page 2

Now I've learned to enjoy my football while I can. Every time I'm on the pitch, I just enjoy it.

I'm not really a defensive midfielder.

We have got loyalty at Arsenal, and players have shown that in the past.

I will never say no to my country.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

I work on my speed and strength every day, and I do a lot of work on my first five yards. For a footballer, that's really important.

I want to play first-team football.

I play the way I do because it's the Arsenal way.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

Being injured, coming back, playing a few games, trying to get your fitness back, getting injured again - you don't get a chance to prove what you can do.

I'd say I was an attacking midfielder, and if you are going to be one of the best, you have to score goals and create them.

If you look at the top midfielders in the past for England, like Lampard, Gerrard, and Scholes, they were always on the scoresheet.

If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England, really.

I've been in tournaments before when you've been away for a while, and you're not really playing, you're just training. Sometimes you can feel like you're not really part of it.

I realise things aren't going to go my way every week. Of course they're not. But the main thing is to give your all and enjoy.

I want Arsenal to want me. If they didn't want me, it would hurt.

It's the same for any team... you have to keep your best players.

Sometimes you have to shield, and sometimes you have to press.

I don't think one player can ever win a World Cup.

I want to be wanted by Arsenal. I've grown up at Arsenal. I'm a homegrown player, and as long as Arsenal want me, then I'm happy.

I'll take criticism. I know that's part and parcel of football. But when it's just reckless and aggressive, I don't listen.

When I was 18 or 19, I would come into training, and I'd be the last in and first out. I was one of those that took everything for granted, and I'm honest about that now.

It's a pleasure to play for England, and I will never say no.

You can help build momentum in training by keeping the pace and intensity high. Make things happen in training, and then you can transfer that onto the pitch.

It is important to start winning international tournaments early and get that mentality into you. Then, hopefully, you can take it on to the world stage.

The fans at Upton Park are great.

Josh McEachran is a great player.

You need to be able to defend. It's massively important, and at Arsenal, we've sometimes been guilty of forgetting that.

I am a player who always wants to give more.

It's easy to fit into a team like Arsenal.

No 10 is the job I want: in the middle of things, moving the ball forward.

Football never stops, and that's why you need a big squad.

I definitely wouldn't go somewhere just because I'm a homegrown player. I'd want to be wanted by a club.

To put on an England top is a dream.

Paolo Di Canio was my all-time hero.

I prefer playing in a 4-3-3.

I said, even when I was left out, 'I am an England fan, and I'll be supporting the boys.' It's in my blood; it's too hard not to.

I'm probably the worst fantasy league player ever. I don't really score that often, and I get booked quite a lot as well - when you get booked, you lose points.

I haven't eaten junk food since I was 11, but I'm not teetotal: I have a drink maybe once a month.

Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player!

Arsenal means every thing to me. I've been here since I was nine and I love the Club.

In 10 years' time I still want to be at Arsenal, winning trophies for my club and for the national team as well. I've been there since I was nine or 10. It feels like I've always been there, the club's been great to me and I feel I owe them that to be there and to stay around.