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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Kyle Andrew Walker is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team.
I've come a long way from the area where I grew up in Sheffield. It's been a journey, but I've fully enjoyed it.
It's an enjoyable sport; we all love to play the game, and fans love to support it.
When I'm out and about or walking my dogs, United fans are coming up to me saying, 'We'd rather City win the league than Liverpool.' It's strange to hear, but I can assure you the United players aren't going to leave a red carpet and say, 'Go on, City, score past us.'
If you're lucky enough to get into a Premier League or Championship team straight away, well done to you, but I feel really grateful for the experience that I had at the lower end.
Working under Pep Guardiola, a chance like that doesn't come along too often. That's no disrespect to Mauricio Pochettino, but the people that Pep has worked with grow as players.
I'll always be thankful to Villa for giving me the chance to play first-team football regularly.
I'm going to repay my mum so much because she has kept my feet on the ground.
I'm not looking into the future. I take every game as it comes, and as long as I am on the pitch and playing football, that is what keeps me happy.
Gary Neville never seemed to know when he was beaten, and Ashley Cole never gets beaten.
My family didn't have much. You know, we didn't have much and everything. From when I was 17, I moved to London, you know, and I - obviously, it's bettered my family, and I'm just grateful, really.
When you don't give the forwards the service, then it's difficult for them to score. Not everyone's a Gareth Bale.
You probably learn more on the bench.
Its always good to go above a local rival.
English footballers are honest - they will run for 90-odd minutes - but that is not always what you need. Sometimes you need to rein back a bit and try and control the game with your passing.
Pep is highly intelligent.
For us, as players, I am concentrating on the game rather than worrying about the fans, but obviously, you do want the atmosphere - when you do go to certain grounds, it is difficult to play there when you have got the atmosphere, the fans are right on their side.
Pep Guardiola is one of the most respected managers in the world.
I grew up on a council estate when I was younger.
I'm a perfectionist. I want everything done right. When it's not done right, I'm not happy.
I watched Pablo Zabaleta countless times on YouTube and clips, because I think his timing of runs into the box is fantastic.
I don't go throwing money about - if I did, I think my mum and dad would be on my back because that's not the way I've been brought up.
Hopefully, one day I'll get to play for Sheffield United in the Premier League; hopefully, that's a dream that can come true. They put a lot of faith in me, and hopefully I can finish my career there, just to say thank you.
It was disappointing to be left out of the Premier League line-up, but it was a reality check to sit back and look on the bench.
Having a two-year-old son is challenging, and my missus is only 21, so we're both young, and it is difficult.
I have justified why I wanted to come to Manchester City because I have won trophies and improved.
It's always nice to see familiar faces.
Once I remember shouting, 'Mum, can I get a pound for an ice cream?' and she said, 'I haven't got a pound, Kyle.' People take so much for granted, but I will never forget that.
The Manchester City fans have their opinion on the Champions League. It is down to us, as players, to create the atmosphere in there and help the fans.
I don't want to score; as long as I set people up and then they get the goals, that's all I'm bothered about.
That's why I signed for Tottenham - to say to my two little boys, 'Look, on that day, Daddy won the trophy.'
Spurs will always have a place in my heart. They gave me a chance to play Premier League football, and I'll be forever indebted to them.
I was unfortunate at Tottenham.
I am thrilled to be signing for City and can't wait to get started.
It's always hard to sleep after a night game.
I am not going to sit here and disrespect Tottenham one bit because what they have done for me over the years is fantastic, and I am more than grateful. The way they have made the stepping stones in the right direction over the years I have been there is crazy.
I needed to prove to myself - to the manager, to the fans, even to my mum and dad - that I'm not just an average player.
The Tottenham way is attacking football - that's what the fans expect.
My boy always wants to play football, but I have to hide the balls. I lock them in a bedroom; otherwis,e he will just kick them all night!
I am listening to a book by the guy who founded Nike, and I can relate to it. He struggled.
I'm just me. Just Kyle from Sheffield. That's all I see myself as.
It's disappointing to lose a game with the chance to go into the semi-finals of the Champions League.
As footballers, we do get lazy sometimes and take the ball with our preferred foot to control it, but that split second of controlling it with your left foot and playing with your right can make all the difference in creating a chance or scoring a goal.
I want to be the best in the world - everyone wants to be the best in the world - and that's what I want to strive to do.
I want to play right-back. I have worked my whole life to get to where I am now in a World Cup squad and to showcase my talent in the World Cup stage, playing in my position.
I want to improve as a player, but it's all about the team.
I just want to learn and try to be the best player I can be.
You have to remember that professional football is a job, too, and some people have to get results on the pitch to pay to live.
They say that the best form of defence is attack, but maybe I have to take a look at how I defend.
I want to play right back for England. I think that's my spot. I have played there for nine years.
I'm all about assists; I'm not really greedy.
As a player, you don't put a price tag on your own head. You can't go around thinking, 'I'm worth that much.'
I'm a sucker for 'Jeremy Kyle,' sad as it sounds. I just go home and watch that, or whatever the missus is watching.
It's a big part of my game, attacking.
Sometimes you need to come out of your comfort zone a little bit.
I used to play central defence for Sheffield United. I had Chris Morgan at the side of me, which helped me a lot because, if I did anything wrong, I'd be sure to find out about it.
It's better to play football with a smile on your face.
I like to think I'm a grown-up, but it's just nice you can have a civil conversation with your boss, you're both on the same page, and you've had a text, not about football, just about golf.
I got my first taste of real professional football on loan at Northampton. I was 18 at the time, and I played only nine games, but it was a massive opportunity for me.
I gambled when I left QPR to go to Aston Villa half-way through the season when we were winning every Championship game, and that paid off. You just get a sense inside you, and you have to go.