Quotes from Jack Butland

I'm massively passionate about playing for my country.

I played rugby until I was 15, 16 and I eventually had to say, 'No, I have to choose one' and it was obviously going to be football, I miss playing rugby a lot.

I would have liked to have played more but injuries are part and parcel of football and you've got to shoulder it, got to take it on and get on with it.

I've dealt with bigger things than the odd performance, dealt with a hell of a long time out of the game from an injury which shouldn't have kept me out for that long. I've had to deal with fears of not playing again, I'm a bigger man for it and I will be better for it in the future.

I am not someone who enjoys being on the bench.

It's difficult to get away from the media, from social media. It's a big thing in society and in football, in particular.

I know my dad would have loved me to have played rugby. He was a No. 8. I started off playing centre and ended up playing at the back of the scrum, No. 8 as well, just picking it up and running with it.

Communication is something that I find if don't do, I will go missing, I won't be fully focused. If I'm constantly giving messages to the defenders not only do they know where they are but I am switched on and in the right position. It all links together.

We used to go cycling as a family every weekend. I played basketball, cricket, badminton, and was half-decent at them.

I want to be playing in the Premier League.

I've played for England, played in the Olympics and made my Premier League debut.

I don't prepare to sit on the bench, I prepare to play because you never know what is going to happen.

I don't know how many 19 year-olds are playing in the Championship, there's certainly not any playing in the Premiership. It depends on what type of character you are really.

The Champions League has always been a target of mine. I do want to play at the top.

I want to test myself, playing with the best and against the best. I can do that at international level, so that's my target and what I want to reach.

I had dreams of being a professional rugby player.

Regardless of what happens, I want to be part of a successful England team and if I have to swallow my pride and disappointment at not being the number one, then I've got to do that for us to be successful and obviously to help whoever is in goal perform at their best.

As a goalkeeper experience is a massive thing, and there is nothing better than playing games, which thankfully I managed to do at the Olympics.

It is obviously wonderful to be linked with a club with the history of Liverpool.

I'm always confident in my ability; you have to be as a goalkeeper.

As a goalkeeper it's so important to be in the right position to come and clear those through balls, to make those right decisions.

I want to become the best goalkeeper in the country and the best goalkeeper around.

It's a good thing isn't it, having competition? I enjoy it.

I've experienced tournament wins with younger age groups and I know how good it feels - it's about carrying on.