Frank Lampard Quotes

The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

People had said to me New York is kind of cutthroat and people walk past you on the street. I find it the opposite. I find that people want to talk.

I come from a football family which has really helped.

Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.

I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays.

I think about all my successes and failures and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.

I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years.

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

There's a few ugly ones. Carlo is probably the best looking [on chelsea players]

When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?

My dad being a player. I was never that quick as a kid, so I had to get quicker. I trained hard. I was never that player who could roll out and relax, like Michael [ Owen] or Stevie [ Gerrard], who were natural.

Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.

I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.

When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.

I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.

I'm like everyone else: I want to play every game, but it's not possible.

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea.

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.

But to be fair, Arsenal are a quality side. They're not where they are by chance - they are not top of the league and unbeaten because they are a bad team.

Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic.

When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering whos performing better, you take your eye off the ball.

A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.

You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.