Quotes from Jordan Pickford

I don't worry about being the best keeper in the tournament. I just focus on being the best I possibly can for myself and for the team.

Sometimes I was getting bored playing in youth games and in the reserves; I didn't think it was challenging. I always wanted to be challenged and better myself.

I've got power and agility. I don't care if I'm not the biggest keeper; I've got the power and agility to get around the goal, and I'm very good at it.

Sometimes you can't help conceding as a keeper, but that's the whole reason you are there.

It is never nice to see keepers make mistakes. All keepers talk about it, and we work very hard not to make those mistakes.

I try not to do tricks because I don't want to be caught with it. It's a risk.

Getting the opportunity to become England's number one was down to being at Everton, I believe, and being able to put in solid performances week in and week out.

I'm just a lad who likes playing football. I'm not bothered about anything else.

Places like Wrexham and Southport, when there are not that many people there, were tough. You are a young lad, and you're having abuse hurled at you.

I'm just a normal lad.

No, I never go into a game with any doubts. I always feel confident in my ability, and hopefully I can be strong mentally.

I am able to mentally block out mistakes.

I'd travel to Alfreton for games, and my dad, Lee, would drive. I'd eat my pre-match meal in the back. Mam would make chicken and pasta, and she'd stick it in a tub.

When there are just 500 fans inside a ground, you can hear everything they say, every little word that is getting said. So that is what turns you from a kid into a man.

It's my job to be a goalkeeper and keep the ball out of the net, and that's what I've done. I've kept a clean sheet.

If you're not ambitious, there's no point in playing football.

As long as I'm communicating and staying in the game, my concentration is always going to be there.

As a goalkeeper, you've got to have mental toughness, and that's one thing I'm good at.

The only way you're going to get caps is by playing. I've played all the way through the age groups, and that was my experience. Now I'm on the main stage, and I've got to play to my strengths.

Nothing really affects me. That's from being brought up well by my parents and where we're from, and we're a hard working family.

So long as I keep performing week in, week out for Everton, I will have the chance to stay England number one.

I was growing up watching Rooney as an England legend and as one of the top players in England in my lifetime.

I did a lot of lower league, and in lower league, you're not going to be playing out from the back; you're going to hit it long and try to get the second ball.

I hate making mistakes, and I hate conceding goals, but I try not to beat myself up too much.