Frank Lampard Quotes - Page 3

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

But we have the players, as we have shown against good opposition this season, we're an extremely difficult side to live with at home. (on Chelsea)

I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true.

I come from a football family which has really helped.

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

I loved reading Roald Dahl when I was young but I had forgotten a lot about the books. I read the 'BFG' on the iPad the other day and it was so interesting to see his descriptions of clothes and places.

I think when you have spent the money that we have, it's bound to bring it's own pressure. The players have shown that they can handle that though. (on Chelsea)

They're a very offensive team and even without Thierry Henry they can still do damage to you all over the pitch. (on Arsenal)

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.

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

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

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.

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.

I had a fear of losing, a fear of what might happen if I had a bad game. Would I get dropped? I don't remember a lot of stuff in my career.

As far as I see it you just can't give Messi space in the dangerous areas - we have to close him down, get tight and give him as little room as we can because if you don't, he can destroy you.

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

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.

Eden Hazard is a great player. He has magic

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]

Having grown up watching Barcelona, Elen gets a bit annoyed watching me if I don't do flicks and tricks like Ronaldinho. I have to explain you can't do that all the time in a game!

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.

Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.

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.