93 Quotes by Ryan Mason

I think from day one, recovering, it is just try to be as positive as you can.

No matter how hard it got, I've always been fortunate enough, thinking I'm actually lucky to be here.' I always took that mindset.

It has been difficult because I am physically there. But when it is something so sensitive, with your brain and your skull, it does probably make it a little bit easier to accept you are not going to play again, because it could be life-threatening. So that has definitely made it easier.

I've always felt a massive connection with the fans. I've always felt loved.

If you have got a seven- or eight-year-old heading a solid ball, and his brain and his bone in his skull isn't fully developed, then that could potentially be doing damage.

Every match I watch will be bittersweet. It will always hurt, I'll always miss competing. That's what I've done my whole life and that burning desire is not just going to leave me.

I respect the fans, they're the heart and soul of the football club and their opinion matters, it really does.

The most important thing for me is the connection between fans, players and everyone involved in the football club.

I always said to myself that when I stopped playing I would go back and coach at Tottenham.