74 Quotes by Jack Butland

I've dealt with bigger things than the odd performance, dealt with a hell of a long time out of the game from an injury which shouldn't have kept me out for that long. I've had to deal with fears of not playing again, I'm a bigger man for it and I will be better for it in the future.

I would have liked to have played more but injuries are part and parcel of football and you've got to shoulder it, got to take it on and get on with it.

I learnt at the Euros that that is the level I want to be at. That is where I want to be. The standard of the strikers there was top class. That is where I want to be for a long period of my career.

I've played for England Under-21s, in the Under-20 World Cup and I've been part of the play-offs in the Championship. But in terms of helping my career and getting me ready, going to Cheltenham Town was a massive experience.

It's difficult to get away from the media, from social media. It's a big thing in society and in football, in particular.

Of course, I want to play for England as often as I can and at major tournaments.

I do want to play at the top.

When I am No. 2, and I am working as hard as I can, then quite often the keeper ahead starts to raise his game even more.

It is obviously wonderful to be linked with a club with the history of Liverpool.