Top 71 Quotes & Sayings by James Maddison

Even at 22, you just want a manager to trust you.

I've dreamed of playing in the Premier League since I was a young boy.

The No.10 position is my favourite role.

The ball is just whipped off you in the Premier League. You have to maintain focus.

I can only speak highly of my time at Norwich. It was brilliant for me. I loved it there, and I think the fans loved me as well. We had a great relationship.

Set pieces are something I work hard at after training, and I hit quite a lot every day.

I was still only 19 when I went to Scotland, but it was a good loan move for me to play those extra games.

I got to play first-team men's football from a young age.

I started in League One and went up into the Championship and then into the Premier League, so I've played a lot of games from quite a young age.

I was a Manchester United fan.

I feel like I'm quite harsh on myself.

Me being at Coventry, instead of a big Premier League club, probably helped me develop. You don't get put in the academy system, playing Under-18s and Under-23s.

It definitely toughens you up. It makes you mature from a young age, living away from home.

Norwich is a brilliant platform for me.

The Premier League is the toughest league in the world, so it's never going to be easy to get minutes.

Coming on as a sub, it's always different - you never know what the game is going to be like.

I've had to make lots of sacrifices, particularly off the pitch.

I learnt so much at Coventry - I was playing as a regular at 17, most weeks. And that's something that left me in good stead.

I still pinch myself when I see myself on 'Match of the Day' - it's at times like that you realise how far you've come.

I was always smaller than the rest coming up at Coventry, and I developed physically more in the later stages.

My ambition is to play in the Premier League, like every player.

When I represent the Under-21s and sing the national anthem, there is no better feeling.

Derek McInnes gave me that platform to showcase what I can do, so I'm thankful.

There is no bigger stage than Old Trafford on the opening day of the season.

Playing in the Championship and starting games, I'm learning something new every day and constantly improving my game.

Being booked for simulation is never good.

Dele Alli is probably the perfect example. He played loads of games for MK Dons at a young age. He got a move and kicked on from there because he had that experience behind him.

I don't get nervous, because I have confidence in my ability.

In the academies, people develop differently, and going into that No 10 role helped me because central midfield was always packed with big, strong boys.

Whether Under-17 level, the 21s, or senior team, it's my dream to play for England as often as I can.

Every footballer wants to play in big games, in front of full houses, live on the telly.

I was an 18-year-old lad playing in a Scottish League Cup final at Hampden in front of 60,000 against Celtic. That's an experience I will never forget.

I've always wanted to be a winner, the best player, the one that everyone is talking about. I'm greedy in that sense.

I have always been comfortable in possession, but it is tracking and tackling that I have been working on.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Aberdeen.

I like to chip in with goals because I'm an attacking player, and that's what an attacking player should do.

I've got a lot of respect for Claude Puel because he brought me to Leicester and to the Premier League and played me in most of the games. I have a lot of respect on that front.

I've loved every second of playing my first season in the Premier League. I feel like I belong here, and this is the level I want to be at for the rest of my career.

Parents are the perfect people to talk to. They have no hidden agendas.

It was a hard decision to leave Norwich, and you have to take into account a lot of things - could I make the step up? Do I want to have another season of really showing what I can do?

I'm learning and constantly getting better.

Representing your country at any level is amazing.

You base your career on success.

I started lower down the leagues with Coventry, so I'd had that taste of first-team action at a young age. I'd already played 40 or 50 games before moving on, and when I got to Norwich, I had to bide my time at the start.

I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.

You should always want more. If you get comfortable with what you have done, you can never go to that next level.

In the Premier League, you don't have one second to breathe - you have to be on it from the first minute. If you lose focus - just for a few seconds - the game will pass you by. It's 100 miles an hour.

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, 'He knows he's a good player,' but without taking it to that level where it's, 'He's an arrogant so-and-so.'

I've been brought up in a really lovely family, so I'm lucky.

All the moves I've made have come after I sat down with my family and my agent and thought what was the best move. I've never rushed into something, never gone anywhere where I wasn't sure 100%.

I love being on Sky Sports, the big hype around the games and stuff like that.

There are quite a lot of young players around now with undoubted talent who get stuck in academies at big clubs.

I like playing in the later stages of games because there is more space when everybody's legs are tired.

Players judge their careers based on medals and trophies, don't they, and they look back on what they have achieved.

I don't think you can ever get bored of winning awards.

The only way you're going to improve is playing games and learning, being a regular week on week.

I am a player who likes to play in between the lines and try to break that midfield line, whether it's when I receive a pass or can go and show everyone what I am about.

The reason I'm in good form is not just down to myself: it's down to the manager and coaching staff improving my game.

Norwich gave me the platform to perform in the Championship, and between Daniel Farke and Stuart Webber, the manager and director of football, they gave me the opportunity to go out, express myself, and play. That's what led to my England call-up, which was something I'd always dreamed of, so it's something I'll always be grateful to them for.

The Premier League is the best league, and I've enjoyed every second of it.