29 Quotes by Tyrone Mings

Me and my girlfriend don't have any family in Ipswich, so we were thinking of what we could do to fill our time on Christmas Day. We thought about feeding the homeless and we phoned up the church that we eventually went to and asked if we could help.

Kids will never go under the radar any more because there are so many scouts at grassroots level. Also, if you come out of a professional academy, it's a very lonely place for a child and some kids don't bounce back from it.

There have been times in my football career where I've thought: 'Is this it? Is this as far as I'm going to go?'

I can't say that while I sat at my desk cold calling or trying to help people re-mortgage that playing for England was a real achievable goal.

But I don't see myself as someone who needs to be managed or has to worry about injuries.

So being unable to play for so long isn't where you want to be as a footballer. And if you are not playing for long periods of time, your career is only going to go one way.

I have never pulled a muscle and I don't see myself as a person who needs to try and stay fit. I just need to play games and you can never replicate that in training.

I just want to enjoy my football and hopefully that brings success to the team.

I think I missed out on so many good experiences - maybe priceless experiences - playing with my friends when I was growing up.