37 Quotes by Jonjo Shelvey

I'd gone very quickly from playing in a park with my mates to sitting next to Wayne Rooney at dinner. It was a bit weird.

I have always been confident in my ability on the ball and I don't think anyone should ever doubt me in terms of that.

If I stay mentally right during a game, then I feel like I can be up there with the best.

I'd have liked to have played in the Gascoigne era, but there is so much sport science around, you have to change with it.

When I was eight or nine, we had a goal in the back yard of our council flat. We used to flip it over the back fence and take it out onto the estate. Everyone would come out and we'd play for hours, there were cars screeching to a halt when the ball went on the road.

I hate getting the ball and passing it sideways or backwards. I hate it.

It's a business and it's a short career. You need to get in, earn as much money as possible. Get out.

No one's going to remember you after football. No one cares about you after football.

The way I see it is, the better you play, the more money you're going to earn. It's like working in a car garage, the more cars you sell, the more money you're going to earn at the end of the day. It's how life works.