Quotes from Ruben Loftus-Cheek

I believe that if you do all the right things, in time, you will get your opportunities.

Coming to Crystal Palace, I'm really excited to be playing. There's still massive competition here.

At Palace, I feel like a first-team player, and I have got the opportunity to play every week.

I'm glad I came to Palace because I am getting the game time I wanted. I am also learning to fight with some good players.

It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace.

It was tough, mentally, at Chelsea not getting the game time, but I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things.

It was tough mentally at Chelsea, obviously not getting the game time. I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things.

I don't understand what's going on behind the scenes fully, but Chelsea's a massive club, and I understand why chances don't come so often.

Every game means something, the supporters are fantastic, and since I've come to Palace, I've learnt to fight as a team and for the three points.

I've really enjoyed myself and the time I've had on the pitch, the opportunity to play for England.

It's hard to compare the faith of Gareth Southgate and Roy Hodgson and my lack of chances at Chelsea because it's such a big club.

I definitely don't want to be compared with Dele anymore.

I was 14, but it was on a thing called day release, so we took the day off school on a Wednesday to train and do school at Cobham, and at the end of the day, we got asked to train with the first team just because of numbers. There was a drill where it was like a 1v1 drill, and I got partnered with Drogba. I was going 1v1 with Drogba when I was 14.

Managers are under pressure and maybe don't want to take a chance on a young player.

I feel like a first-team Premier League player at Palace.

The experience of being a Premier League player playing every week is just massive.

As long as I get an opportunity, with my ability, I can do well. My England debut was an opportunity for me to show that, and I was really happy with how I did.

I'm confident in my ability that I can do well wherever it is.

My dad produces good footballers.

Arsenal-Chelsea games can go either way. They are always competitive and physical and really good games technically.

When you don't play, you really feel the difference of what matches give you. The match-sharpness, the fitness. It's what you need to progress.

Ever since I was in the Chelsea academy, I've had that awareness that people were saying I would be the first one to break through since John Terry. I believed I could, but the opportunities didn't quite come for me.

A big side of football is reacting to what happens.

Chelsea is always hard to break into, but I believe in myself, and if I work hard, then hopefully things will go well.