A Quote by Jesse Lingard

I have had to work hard to get in the starting XI for England. — © Jesse Lingard
I have had to work hard to get in the starting XI for England.
Every time I step onto the pitch for England, I feel great pride. I want to keep working hard to stay in the starting XI and push on to win trophies.
I work hard in training and the ultimate goal is to get in the starting XI. All I can do coming off the bench is affect the game and score the goals so hopefully that puts a question mark in the manager's mind.
It was hard every time I found out that I was not in the starting XI.
I just need to try to work harder, and prove to the gaffer that I can be in the starting XI.
It is clear I have enough qualities to be in the starting XI of Liverpool. But when you never get a real chance, it's difficult.
Players that have had less minutes on the pitch compared to the usual starting XI will naturally concede more chances.
When tournaments are on the horizon, I feel teams in general and particularly England get stronger because everyone wants to show they should be in the XI.
If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play.
The coach is the one who eventually decides who makes the starting XI.
If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.
I fought all my life to be at Real Madrid, to try to be in the starting XI.
Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work... You had better enjoy it.
As I get older, my body isn't bulletproof, and it's starting to break down. And I'm still young, so it's something that I have to maintain, something that I have to work extra, extra hard, just as hard as my golf game, I have to work on my body as well.
We are all friends here at United. But it is good to feel that everyone wants a spot in the starting XI.
That's football, it's our job not just to name the starting XI but during the match as well.
After my debut in 2001 in 'Aks,' where I had a small part, I had to work really hard to get work in the industry. For almost three years, I had no work.
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