81 Quotes by Alex Scott

Being away with a national side at a tournament can be hard - you train, go back to your hotel, and often, you sit in your room, watching TV or speaking to people at home. If there's no communal area, it can feel like being in prison, staring at the same four walls all the time.

My mum never once tried to push me into something different, even though there was no way of making a living out of women's football. She supported me because she saw I was happy and that it gave me a focus to not be hanging around on the street.

I never want anyone to think I've been given a helping hand. I've always worked for everything, whether it be on the football field or away from it.

I remember when I first got into the England side, going to meet ups where you were just doing a job, you were almost looking to go back to your clubs as soon as you arrived. That changed. The Lionesses got the feel of a club; it was a place you wanted to be, a set-up you couldn't wait to join.

I played in three World Cups, and I would say that it was the last one that I enjoyed the most.

Women are the same. We watch football; we play football. Why wouldn't we be out there giving our opinions on the sport ,too?

I was fortunate enough to play in a number of finals, and I can still remember waking with butterflies in my stomach. It is at moments like those you realise why you fell in love with football in the first place.

The first one is your first World Cup, so you go into it with a lot of pressure, trying to take it all in, but you are just so focused.

Every player has their own story, but I always thought of playing on my estate with dreams of what I might be able to achieve.