Quotes from Ross Barkley

I was very young when I got my tattoos. I was 16 when I got my full sleeve - I rushed into it.

You need to cut a few things out if you want to be the best you can be.

My aim is to be a winner.

I am thankful for everyone at the club that helped me, the fans, the coaches that I have had, the staff that have helped with injuries, I am really grateful to everyone at Everton. It was like a family to me.

I just focus on getting better every day, putting things right in training and then hopefully what I'm doing right in training I'm doing to show in games as well.

Everybody develops at different rates.

You can take a bit of criticism from your manager now and then, but you have to react to it which I have done.

You've seen players at Everton who have been built up but haven't made the grade.

Hopefully I will continue to thrive.

My mum has always kept my feet on the ground and told me that if I carry on working hard it will pay off. I used to say 'If I play for Everton one day' and she would always say 'No, when you play for Everton.'

It's a goal to get myself in the squad for the World Cup.

I want to get to a level where I am regarded as one of the best and coming to a club like Chelsea gives me the right platform to improve.

My approach to games is much better and I am going into games with the right preparation and I am more relaxed, rather than thinking about things too much.

I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.

Day-to-day training with world-class players, there is no better feeling than that.

I want to be regarded as a world-class midfielder.

At Chelsea I knew I'd improve a lot quicker around better players, world-class players.

As a player you can't be too worried if you take a risk and whether it's not going to come off.

When you have got a new manager you have got to impress and get used to what he wants really quickly.

I've added a bit more composure on the ball and defensively got a bit cuter and improved in one-on-ones.

Some players are more fortunate than others to have coaches who are more focused on improvement.

We have to improve at club level - and at the international level, there is a lot of room for improvement.

I'll keep improving with more games.

When you go through the youth system you're always going in to do analysis work, looking at every way of improving and your coaches are always on top of you.