Quotes from Steph Houghton

I think that what's happening is that girls are enjoying playing. It's a lot more acceptable, and now we have a Women's Super League with hugely dedicated female role models - really committed players who people can see are dedicated and training as hard if not harder than any male players - that's all progressing the sport.

Anything can happen in a cup final; that's what everybody likes about them.

To be playing in FA Cup finals at Wembley is obviously a dream come true.

I think there's so many areas within the football game that women are being more involved in, and I think it's great to see.

Playing with the boys made me a better footballer. It made me more competitive and made me want to win even more. You were playing against the boys and wanted to prove how good you were.

I'm a professional footballer, and I get paid for doing my job.

I think it's important that we try to showcase what we're about as women footballers.

We want to win. We want to win big football matches.

As captain, I want us to be ambitious; I want us to be winners - but above all, I hope we will show how much we love the game by passing the ball and achieving success through our technical and tactical approach.

It doesn't get much bigger than England v. Germany at Wembley.

Opinion of the sport is constantly getting better. Our semi-professional league is starting to change people's attitudes, and it'll get better as the years go on.

I get nervous before every single game, but I think it's a good sign. It means I care and want it to go as well as it possibly can.

We'd love to be playing to five or six thousand.

The women's game has grown, but when I was playing at Arsenal, I don't think people realised how good we actually were. I think there's just a perception that we just play football, but we're not very good, and it was a challenge for us to try and prove those type of people wrong.

It's important I keep my feet on the ground and stay humble and still work hard.

When you're training every day, recovery is so important. I find that foam rolling helps me to make sure I don't get tight anywhere so that I keep mobilised and keep on top of things.

My first job was working Saturdays in Sports Soccer in Newcastle. I only used to work three or four hours a week, so it wasn't a huge amount, but I do remember spending the first pay I got on a new pair of trainers.

You get the best out of the girls when they're enjoying themselves, when they've got a smile on their face - they're working hard on the training pitch, but they're allowed to relax off it as well.

We hope girls are inspired to start playing at a younger age and try to get to a World Cup themselves.

We have to be playing near-perfect football to go and win a World Cup.

Missing the chance to go to the 2007 World Cup was the biggest disappointment of my career.

Since the World Cup in 2015, we've all experienced an increase in the interest in women's football, which has led to more and more fans supporting the team.

It's going to be a massive honour to represent your country, if selected, for the World Cup.

The World Cup is what we've done all them hours for. It's why we give up normal life.