16 Quotes by Kalvin Phillips

I was at Wortley Juniors until I was about 12 and then left for a season at Farsley.

The props of being a Leeds United player in my own home city is good and the rewards in football are very good so it helps me to look after my family and they are the reasons why I carried on pushing, to help my family.

I'm from Leeds so it's a big part of me and I like getting to know people, find out about them, see different backgrounds and where they've come from. Sometimes the struggles relate to my own struggles.

Billy Bremner... was the captain of a very successful side. He was quite small but feisty as anything and that's what I love, playing with people that get stuck in and don't get bullied by other teams.

When I was younger, I was always that person that loved to get stuck in. When my mum and grandma used to come and watch me, I used to make sure that I wouldn't let anybody push me around and not let anybody bully me.

I just feel like when I come up against another team, I'll always look at their best players and I'll think, if I can stop these doing what they are doing, then I'll get noticed and I'll help the team as well.

My family are all Leeds fans, they always tell me about the times when Leeds were in the Premier League.

Aston Villa had been in touch and they'd gone into the Premier League so I knew I could play in the Premier League just like that.

I wasn't a defender and I didn't think of myself as one.