“This is what playing football is all about - trying to reach finals an...” — Gary Cahill Quote

This is what playing football is all about - trying to reach finals and trying to lift trophies.

You're not a robot, you're not going to be nine out of 10 every game. But when things aren't going well, you work even harder and look for a reaction.

Players at the highest level have got high football intelligence, so they can adapt, but at the same time you need a structure and an idea of how you've got to play that system.

I was always confident that if someone took the chance to play me week in and week out that I would fulfil my potential.

Frank Lampard was fantastic.

There will always be those who try to pull you down, but there will be some who try and lift you up.

I run a lot. I lift a lot. A bit of everything, I would say.

You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.

When you lift up black women, you lift up entire communities and the entire country.

It's really important to be surrounded by people who are going to lift you up.