90 Quotes by Ashley Young

I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.

As you get older, you start to read the game more, and as your brain starts working more, and as you get a good footballing brain, your legs start slowing down!

I've always said that when you pull on an England shirt, it's a proud moment, and it's an honour to play for and represent your country.

I've played at a European Championship; to represent your country at a World Cup is every boy's dream, and for me, it would definitely be a dream come true.

As I've got older, the nerves aren't there anymore; they just left one day when I was at Watford. I only feel excitement now, whatever the game.

Kids ask me about what they should do to make it, and I tell them, 'Just get your head down and work, work, work.'

I had the brain for football, but I didn't have the height. So I started using my brain to overcome those weaknesses and discovered football isn't just about size or power: it's about what's up there. That was the making of me.

I've always had to fight. Throughout my life, it's been a fight to get to where I am now.

It is always disappointing to obviously concede.