Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Ross Barkley
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English athlete Ross Barkley.
Last updated on November 7, 2024.
You don't want to play in your shell.
You can take a bit of criticism from your manager now and then, but you have to react to it which I have done.
I want to be regarded as a world-class midfielder.
To be given a fresh start at a new club like Chelsea, it's unbelievable for me.
I believe in myself and I know what I can do.
I want to continue to improve season after season, which I think I've done.
I'll keep improving with more games.
I want to get to a level where I am regarded as one of the best and coming to a club like Chelsea gives me the right platform to improve.
When you get your chance, you just have to be ready and believe that chances will come, that you are going to step forward and produce.
I've had to push myself and I've really matured.
It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.
I am obsessed with improving.
Coming to Chelsea was a big challenge for me.
It was when I came back from Leeds that things started to change. I went from being a kid to having to man up and going into a man's game.
It's Chelsea and you will always have competition for places here.
I'm a striker. I feel I can have my greatest impact there because I'm free to roam around the pitch, take players on, have shots and create chances.
At Chelsea I knew I'd improve a lot quicker around better players, world-class players.
Now and again there are a few cookies going around the training ground. If we have played a game I can afford to have one.
I feel I'm a player who entertains and gets people on the edge of their seats, as well as trying to be a game-changer who can win a game for the team.
We can all improve.
I believe I can hit the 20 goals a season mark.
You can always be more professional.
It's all about success, winning trophies.
I'm Ross Barkley and I've got to create a better version of the player I am and show what I can do, not try to be like someone else. That's part of what I hope I can achieve here, to make people aware of who I am as a player and show everyone what I can do.
If things aren't going well there's always going to be pressure that comes with it.
I used to be really fussy, I just used to eat chicken or steak. I didn't really eat fish, but I eat a lot of it now.
You want to be playing off the cuff sometimes to take chances and make something happen.
We all go through difficult spells.
I never thought I would not play for my country.
Partying? I don't really think about that.
You have to go through bad days to get to the great days you have in your career.
I played a lot of games at a young age and I feel like I'm an older player in the side now. I communicate a lot more on the pitch and in the training room now.
I was very young when I got my tattoos. I was 16 when I got my full sleeve - I rushed into it.
If I do well at Chelsea, then the national team will take care of itself.
They've got a good atmosphere and it's always a tough game at the Stadium of Light.
It's not me feeling pressure, it's just me putting pressure on myself if I don't do my best, and I know I can do better.
As a player you can't be too worried if you take a risk and whether it's not going to come off.
When you first come back from a long-term injury, you're just trying to get your body in order and trying to get back into the training and match routine.
I love Everton and all I think about is playing for Everton.
I achieved my dream of playing for Everton, from a young age I always dreamed of scoring for Everton.
I'm the type of player who takes risks, so every now and then I'm going to give the ball away. I just have to learn not to do it in silly areas of the pitch.
You need to cut a few things out if you want to be the best you can be.
I'm not scared when I'm on the pitch.
Bad days don't always stay.
It was a big decision to leave Everton and it took me a lot of time to think over.
Every manager has their own way of approaching games.
Chelsea is a massive club, you aim to win the Premier League or are challenging for trophies with the aim to win everything.
Each individual has their own pre-match ritual and pick off the menu. But I usually have a bit of pesto - either spaghetti or penne. On game-day I'll add a bit of meat to it and maybe some greens.
I looked up to Rooney and he had played for Everton when he was 16 and I wanted to do the same.
We have to improve at club level - and at the international level, there is a lot of room for improvement.
My mum has always kept my feet on the ground and told me that if I carry on working hard it will pay off. I used to say 'If I play for Everton one day' and she would always say 'No, when you play for Everton.'
In my living room I always used to tell my mum 'one day I'll score for Everton' and when that happened it was unbelievable for me.
As a young lad it's been your dream to play football and you get injuries and you've got to respond well to them and work really hard, because it's your dream to be on the pitch.
When you have got a new manager you have got to impress and get used to what he wants really quickly.
It's a goal to get myself in the squad for the World Cup.
I am thankful for everyone at the club that helped me, the fans, the coaches that I have had, the staff that have helped with injuries, I am really grateful to everyone at Everton. It was like a family to me.
I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.
When I was younger I just used to get the ball and take on all the players because I was bigger and stronger. You cannot do that in the Premier League. You are playing against men.
I just focus on getting better every day, putting things right in training and then hopefully what I'm doing right in training I'm doing to show in games as well.
You have to work hard and your chances will come.
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