Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Toni Duggan

In England, if you don't have good facilities, you can't be in the Super League, and that is very important.

In the past, we might have lost a game, and you get fans messaging you, saying, 'Ah, don't worry, you've done so well,' and it can be a bit patronising, do you know what I mean?

For me, Barcelona are the biggest club in the world, and naturally, I wanted to come here.

I don't like to compare coaches.

Every club has legends, and at Barcelona, Cruyff and Pep are going to be spoken about forever, knowing what they've achieved and in what style.

I am proud to be a Next 20 ambassador for Kick It Out and take this role very seriously for an organisation that does such good work.

When we speak about equality, you want to be playing on the best pitches with the best facilities. You want to be able to have a hot shower in the changing room. These are the things you need to get right if you want to be more professional on the pitch.

I've had a lot of success in England, and I've really enjoyed my time with Manchester City, but I wanted to challenge myself even further by playing abroad.

We've actually played badly, and people are saying, 'Ah, we're so proud.' Is it just because we're the women's team? If that was the men, you wouldn't be saying that.

Tactics have changed a lot, but the standard is getting better.

I spent four years at Manchester City and won three trophies. It was a big wrench to leave.

When I look back to being a 10-year-old girl, I never could have dreamt of having this pathway. I feel very fortunate and proud, but I know I have to be part of creating new opportunities for the youth coming through.

I've always been willing to get on the ball when I play for England. I've never hidden, but I'm more relaxed; my decision making is better because I'm calmer. Technically, it's a different level in Spain, and I've had to bring myself up to that at club level.

I want to do the Atletico fans proud and hope that they will get behind me - together we can achieve great things.

If the goals were a bit bigger, maybe I'd score a few more goals!

At Barcelona, all men's and women's teams have the same style and philosophy.

I've learnt to be more patient, more comfortable on the ball, and the number of goals I've scored, I'm happy.

We were super successful under Mark Sampson because teams didn't expect us to play the way we played. We were so direct and played to people's strengths.

At a club like Everton, we've always set our standards high.

I think I need another trophy on my list, and I know that Barca's ambition is to win the Champions League. This is my goal, too.

It is all right having Atletico Madrid and Barca at the top, but what about teams like Tenerife who play on such bad pitches? These little things need to improve, but media-wise, Spanish women's football is a lot further along than in England.

It would be a dream to go to my first World Cup.

It's kind of nice, and rewarding, to have been on the journey from having to play football and work to being a professional.

Hopefully, now there are kids, both male and female, even senior players, who open themselves up now and are more open to going abroad and playing their football. I've learnt so much, and they can, too.

We want to take ourselves out of our comfort zones; when you're in your comfort zone for so long, you only play to a certain level.

I'm trying to create a better pathway for the next generation.

There are a lot more teams in the Spanish league, and the biggest transformation came in the English women's league when the amount of teams got cut down.

Luis Suarez's always been a great role model for me. His style of play is sometimes like he's playing with his mates in the street.

I'm not too bad at reading, but I've got a bit of a confidence problem with speaking, with going from Scouse to Spanish.

As soon as central contracts came in, it meant that girls could give up their jobs. The main focus was football, and that's what it has to be.

In Spain, they're never direct, and that frustrates me.

When people ask me, 'Should I earn the same money as the men?' No, I don't believe I should because they're on a bigger scale than me, they have more fans, are more popular.

Naturally, managers and coaches are trying to find different ways to work.

It was a dream come true to wear the famous colours of FC Barcelona.

In Spain, there's a lot more publicity.

It's not just about going to play football abroad: it's a chance to live and work in a fantastic city like Barcelona.

I've seen the facilities in Barcelona, and they are second to none. The women train with the men's team, and the facilities are out of this world.

I can only thank Manchester City for everything they have done for me. What we have achieved in such a short space of time has been amazing.

When you sign a contract, that's your deal. Everyone has different deals anyway.

Any athlete will tell you that it's the most difficult thing in the world being injured.

The biggest thing that I've noticed since the move to Barcelona was announced is just how positive the comments have been. It was not just in the mainstream media, but also on social media.

I think it is just something in my head that tells me to keep believing. Andy Spence, my manager at Everton, wrote me a little card before we came away and wrote at the bottom, 'Just remember, it only takes a second to score a goal.'

I can remember, at the start of my career, there were reports of about 100 words here and there, and they would have got your name wrong or the name of the scorer wrong. It just wasn't taken seriously at all.

It was nice to have success in the SheBelieves Cup, but that just brings more pressure.

Clubs in other countries can step up, and we can kick on with women's football even more.

It was a big step for me to take, going away from my family to go and play in a different culture, and I understand why people don't do it.

Every coach will have good and bad.

In the past, you might have said, 'This player is technically not good - let's prey on her.' But now, the game is professional in most countries - you can't just play on that.

It was tough, so hard; it really was horrible when I was growing up. I was called so many names, all sorts.

I used to look at my team-mates like Lindsay Johnson and Rachel Brown, who were full-time teachers and trained in the night. I was like, 'I'm not going to do that.' I always believed I'd go full time.

If I wasn't the sort of character that I am, if I was shy, I would have been intimidated by it. I stood up to it; I used to have arguments every day in the street. I was constantly told I wanted to be a boy. People used to say I was a boy.

We played a different style under Mark Sampson, and all credit to him, because we did really well. It worked for us; we were quite direct, but we were successful at doing it.

Not many of the girls go and play in Europe. I'm proud of the fact that I have.

In England, I think we get about 30,000 for maybe an FA Cup final, and there are lots of kids on the seats, which is nice - don't get me wrong - but it's a calm atmosphere.

I was embarrassed to be seen in my football tracksuit because they knew I'd been training. I used to cross the road to avoid people. It was really hard. There were so many awkward situations. I just hope young girls now are able to play football and not have to experience what I did.

At Manchester City, the women are not second-class citizens in any regard. We are treated exactly the same way - it's a level playing field.

I have had a lot of success in England, but I want to have even more.

There will have been girls my age who stopped playing because of the spiteful things that were said to them.

At City, you'd see Pep chewing someone's ear off about football and think, 'Wow. I'd love to ask a question, but I'd probably be there for a week.'

Some of the games in Spain... we played at the Wanda, which was amazing, but then the next week, they're creating a penalty spot 10 minutes before the game starts.