Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Jordan Henderson

For me, Raheem Sterling is a fantastic player, and he's been brilliant for England. I hope he will stay at Liverpool.

I came to Liverpool wanting to stay here for the rest of my career. I certainly didn't want to leave after a year.

It was Osgood-Schlatters. It wasn't good. It's a growing pains thing, and I had to have a lot of treatment on it. I just shot up immediately and didn't have any kind of physique to deal with it physically. I was tall, all arms and legs, and a bit gangly.

I don't like to look too far back into the past.

Age is not really the biggest factor, whichever end of the scale you are at. It's how you perform, how you respond to the challenge of having good players around you competing for your place.

When you win or lose, no-one dies: you win, or you lose.

I've always played with a high intensity anyway. That's how I've always been.

My favourite meal is probably chicken with penne pasta and pesto.

It is about winning a trophy. It doesn't make any difference to me who lifts it; I would just rather win.

If you're winning games, the confidence flows, and you gain a rhythm, which I've experienced before.

When I was very young, coming into the Sunderland side, if we got beaten, I'd be very down. I'd go home, and it would drag on for days, I'd be thinking about the game. I was from Sunderland, felt things like a fan, and got really down.

I'm probably my biggest critic.

I knew I had to try and win trophies and be successful and be a big player for Liverpool.

There are different pressures when you come to a club like Liverpool. You have to perform well each week, or people start to question you, and I discovered that as soon as I got here. It was a difficult time, but I hope I got stronger from coping with it.

I do whatever the manager tells us to do, really.

As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.

I don't think you need motivation to win a league or a trophy. It's every footballer's dream. It's why you play football. You enjoy and love the game, but you play to win and be the best.

I have just been a bit inconsistent when I have played. That happens in football, especially when you have been out for a long period.

Sometimes I can be a little bit cautious in keeping the ball, playing a safe pass rather than an adventurous one.

I don't like reading good things about myself. With the criticism and the negative things, I always think that makes me better.

It's about doing what the team needs me to do, not what I want to do or what I think I can do.

I want to improve every season, every training session. I'll continue that until I finish my career.

You are always having to prove something in football whether you are flying or not.

I was still with Sunderland at the time of my first cap in 2010, and I remember getting the text to let me know that I was going to be called up to the squad - it was a Friday night, and I was in a hotel in London because we were playing Chelsea the next day.

I'm a big believer in having to go through hard times to get to where you want to be. Nothing comes easy. You have to work.

Whether you win or lose, you need to stay on a level platform.

There are always those moments in football - and life in general - which can decide the path and the route you go down.

I'm not particularly into people giving me credit. It's not something I think about. It's not important to me. The only thing that's important is if I'm doing my job properly on the pitch for the team and for the manager.

Criticism's healthy. It gives you that extra little bit inside you to prove people wrong, to use it as energy, to use it as fuel.

Football always changes. There are always new players coming in at your club or young players coming through with your club or England. You have to be ready, given 100%, improve, and get better.

Some people might say I'm old at 28, but I look at someone like James Milner. He's 32 and playing like he is 25 or something.

You will get criticism throughout your career. All the best players have had it at some stage, and they haven't let it ruin their careers. I won't, either.

When you're on the pitch, you give 100 percent to win the game.

For breakfast, I'll have scrambled eggs or poached egg on toast... and - this is gonna sound weird - I have it with blueberries as well. Everyone says it's weird, but try it - you'll like it.

A day or two before games, it's all carb overload: pasta, rice, potatoes, stuff like that. And, straight after the game, it's important to get as much carbohydrate on as possible. Refuel your body and get as much back in as you can. As it tails off a day or two later you, ease off on the carbs and go to more protein, vegetables, and salads.

Coventry was a big part of my career, and I had a great time there.

I've always been athletic - did the 100 metres and 1500 m at school, cross-country races - and did well in them.

It's quite hard at times to take my mind off football, but it's very important. I'll watch something on television, anything, whatever the missus wants to watch.

United have some world-class players with a world-class manager.

Of course, people are going to criticise when things aren't going well. As players, we have to take on responsibility and prove people wrong.

When it comes to football, I think it's vital you always enjoy playing, and when I arrived at Anfield, I was determined to do just that, whatever anyone else said.

At Liverpool and England, it's about moving forward and going in the right direction, and you don't want to be left behind by any means.

I get in the gym and put the work in with the fitness coaches so I can be the best shape I can be in.

Whether I'm captain or not, I always like to think that I lead by example anyway. I do the same things as I always do and try to help the group out.

It's in the DNA of Liverpool Football Club to win trophies.

At Liverpool, Jurgen pretty much does everything, and we just follow him. Of course, we've still got leaders within the group to implement his message, but more often than not, we listen and then just do what he says.

As players, you've got to keep improving, keep learning, keep playing well to get your place in the team.

You will always be judged as a Liverpool player but, as a captain, you will be judged on what you win, basically. If you're doing well, and the team is winning everything, you become a very good captain.

United are capable of setting up a low block and making it difficult, but they're also capable of coming out and pressing high.

I don't like talking about myself. I find it a lot easier talking about other people.

I've played with Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard for England, and they are top players.

I want to improve and learn and get better. To do that, I have to keep putting in good performances and help my team-mates around me.

It's not about individuals; it's all about team work.

If you're exercising hard and training hard every day, you've got to have carbs; you can't just cut them out. That's how you get your energy levels up.

Everything on the pitch is to help the team.

I love to get to Dubai. It's an impressive place, and you can do lots of different things there - beach, shopping, and other fun things.

In my opinion, there is no better place to be for a footballer than Liverpool.

There are going to be highs and lows throughout a career, and you have to try and level it out. Don't get too high and carried away when things are going well, but don't get too low when things aren't happening.

When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.

When you're not playing, it is difficult to feel that you are the leader of the team.