You don't want to have a good couple of years, come through the Championship, have a good first year in the Premier League and then not play in the Premier League for another year or so because that is a backward step.
It's such a crazy league, the Championship. People used to say that to me, and when you are in the Premier League, you don't really take notice. It's a good league; it's tough, and I like it. But the Premier League is where I want to be, with Villa.
I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I'm going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.
I'm sure I can work the Premier League, maybe my style of play is better suited to the Premier League than in the Championship.
We want hungry players, players who have a burning ambition to play in the Premier League and stay in the Premier League for years to come.
Of course the Premier League is the most difficult league in the world because it's so even. I think you can't really compare other leagues with the Premier League. In the Premier League, every team can beat every team, and in football, that's something where you can have surprises.
It's a very good feeling here to play at Wembley, to play in the Premier League, to know another championship and other players.
Jelavic improved massively going to the Premier League. He was great for Rangers, but Premier League is different: faster and more physical. He is perfect for the Premier League, has everything to succeed.
I love the Premier League, I absolutely love Premier League games. Removing myself a footballer, I watch the Premier League. It's a great league, fantastic football is played in it.
The England team shouldn't be picked on whichever players are in the Premier League when you've got a Premier League player playing in the Championship.
In Spain, they show many Premier League games on TV, and it is an inspirational league. Maybe I would like to play in the Premier League.
You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.
What puts you in a different level is if you win the Premier League, and you're capable of challenging every season for the Premier League, and if you play Champions League, and you really believe, and you're a real contender one day to win the Champions League. That's my objective in Tottenham.
I think, increasingly, people will define success as staying in the League, being a stable Premier League club that treats its fans to good football every year.
In the first season, I didn't contribute enough, but I really believe you need a year to succeed in the Premier League; it's the fastest league in the world.
I wouldn't call going into the Premier League an ordeal. I would say the Championship is more of an ordeal than the Premier League.
Many players in the French squad play in the Premier League or have played in the Premier League, so I knew about the level.