Frank Lampard Quotes - Page 2

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.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

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 always dedicate my goals to my mum. I lost her a couple of years ago. She was my biggest supporter and is always with me.

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

I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.

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

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.

I always wanted to be a winner, to score goals. There was no massive bravery in terms of my mum passing away and stepping up. I just wanted to score. I know everyone would have given me a pass on it if I hadn't taken it. But I'd have had the hump with myself if I'd shirked it.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.

I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is.

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be.

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

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

When I look back, I didn't enjoy any of the big games. I didn't enjoy any of the finals. You enjoy lifting the trophy and the celebrations. But it was always the next game.

I loved being in America. It was a great experience. People will be drawn to China because of the money but the lifestyle, everything about America, I couldn't recommend it enough.

I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I always know they're going to want to talk football if 'Talksport' is on the radio.

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

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 didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.

If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.

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.

When I came to Chelsea from West Ham there were certain parts of my game I felt I needed to improve and I like to think now that I have shown dramatic improvement.