40 Quotes by Jamie Vardy

I am so proud of what I've achieved personally, but without the lads around me, nothing would have been possible.

If you're not playing with any confidence, then you're not going to play well at all. You've always got to have that inner confidence, and that comes with the goals.

The best present I've ever given someone is myself. I've given it to everyone.

When I was playing for the reserves, if you got a call-up you got a straight £30. I'd never been paid for football!

If you go into a tournament thinking that you're not going to do anything, you might as well not be there because you won't achieve anything.

Confidence is sky high, but we're also all very grounded. We know, in football, nothing can be taken for granted.

The word 'racist' is a permanent stain against my name. It's worse than a criminal record. Some people will never forgive me. Others will accept I made a terrible mistake and recognise I have learnt from it. It's on YouTube when my kids type in their dad's name, and it comes up 'Jamie Vardy racist'. On Google, too. It's horrible.

A friend got attacked outside a nightclub just for being deaf. I stuck up for him but ended up getting in a bit of a trouble myself. I played with a tag at Stocksbridge. I had a little curfew. Luckily, it didn't stop me playing football. Being put on a tag, I could have lost playing football again.

I pinch myself every day anyway. Everyone knows the road I have had in the game and how I have managed to get myself to where I am today.