Quotes from Steph Houghton

Serena is an icon of women's sport.

You have to be able to shut out everything else, all the distractions and criticism. There's a lot of work that went on off the pitch, a lot of conversations, to make that happen.

I've never, ever set my sights on getting 100 - it's more my family. My dad's been counting down the caps for every single home game, and he's been to every single one I've played in England.

At Arsenal, we train for about two hours a day and are treated just the same as the men. It makes a big difference, and it gives young girls something to aim for.

As players, we need to try to inspire young girls to keep playing because, at grass roots, we need more girls playing football.

I'm very privileged to be a professional footballer, and I want to encourage more young girls to play.

I think women should inspire. It is our duty to inspire young girls to play a sport, whether it's just for enjoyment and keeping fit or to actually go on and try and make a career out of it.

I want to play for England, I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I give it everything I can, not just for me but for my team-mates as well.

My all-time hero for Sunderland was Kevin Phillips. He was the one I looked up to.

We've got two semi-professional leagues; we've got many other leagues, more coaching opportunities for youngsters. You never had that when I was younger. You had to go and join in with the boys - that helped me as a player, but I think girls feel more confident playing with other girls of the same age.

You want to be winning trophies, and you want to be winning medals.

We want to compete for every trophy at home and in Europe.

Games don't come much bigger than playing the title holders with the chance to win the trophy yourselves.

I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there.

We've all had meetings with the referees. We're all clear with how VAR works, and ultimately, you want the rules to be fair.

We want to be role models.

For the women's team, our job is to be professional footballers for club and country and be the best role models we can be.

My role models were Kevin Phillips and David Beckham, and, for me, now girls can look up to female footballers and want to aspire to be them and try to follow in their footsteps and even be better than us.

Within the girl's game, you have to be motivated to be part of this sport.

My mum was very determined and motivated and always wanted the best for us. That rubs off on you.

I think the likes of Alex Scott and Rachel Brown-Finnis have been unbelievable in terms of the punditry they do.

I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.

My mum and dad were always careful with money.

Sleep is important; I try and get about 9 hours if I can at night, but I don't tend to nap during the day.