Quotes from Jordan Henderson

Ryan Giggs and David Beckham were the two players I've always looked up to.

When you are very young and come through at a club, like I did at Sunderland, I suppose people do not expect as much and have not really heard much about you. Whereas, when you sign for a club, the expectations are higher.

Age is not really the biggest factor, whichever end of the scale you are at. It's how you perform, how you respond to the challenge of having good players around you competing for your place.

People have to fear England and not want to play us. The only way of doing that is to play at a high tempo and win games.

I'm not particularly into people giving me credit. It's not something I think about. It's not important to me. The only thing that's important is if I'm doing my job properly on the pitch for the team and for the manager.

You are always having to prove something in football whether you are flying or not.

As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.

Criticism's healthy. It gives you that extra little bit inside you to prove people wrong, to use it as energy, to use it as fuel.

When you're on the pitch, you give 100 percent to win the game.

It's in the DNA of Liverpool Football Club to win trophies.

Whether you win or lose, you need to stay on a level platform.

When you win or lose, no-one dies: you win, or you lose.

Real Madrid are a team of winners.

I was still with Sunderland at the time of my first cap in 2010, and I remember getting the text to let me know that I was going to be called up to the squad - it was a Friday night, and I was in a hotel in London because we were playing Chelsea the next day.

I've always been athletic - did the 100 metres and 1500 m at school, cross-country races - and did well in them.

If you're winning games, the confidence flows, and you gain a rhythm, which I've experienced before.

When I was very young, coming into the Sunderland side, if we got beaten, I'd be very down. I'd go home, and it would drag on for days, I'd be thinking about the game. I was from Sunderland, felt things like a fan, and got really down.

I don't like reading good things about myself. With the criticism and the negative things, I always think that makes me better.

Coventry was a big part of my career, and I had a great time there.

I get in the gym and put the work in with the fitness coaches so I can be the best shape I can be in.

I'm a big believer in having to go through hard times to get to where you want to be. Nothing comes easy. You have to work.

There are going to be highs and lows throughout a career, and you have to try and level it out. Don't get too high and carried away when things are going well, but don't get too low when things aren't happening.

There are a lot of players that want to go to the World Cup, so you have to be the player that goes out and performs and shows how much you want to go.

I don't think I'll ever be another Steven Gerrard, to be honest!