Quotes from Kyle Walker

They say that the best form of defence is attack, but maybe I have to take a look at how I defend.

I just think I have to be a defender. If I can attack, it's a bonus.

It's disappointing to lose a game with the chance to go into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

You have to remember that professional football is a job, too, and some people have to get results on the pitch to pay to live.

I got my first taste of real professional football on loan at Northampton. I was 18 at the time, and I played only nine games, but it was a massive opportunity for me.

If I didn't play well, Dad was the first one to tell me where I'd gone wrong and give great advice.

If I can force my winger backwards, it just comes down to who's fitter, and I like to think I'm pretty fit.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

When you don't give the forwards the service, then it's difficult for them to score. Not everyone's a Gareth Bale.

I like to think I'm a grown-up, but it's just nice you can have a civil conversation with your boss, you're both on the same page, and you've had a text, not about football, just about golf.

Hopefully, one day I'll get to play for Sheffield United in the Premier League; hopefully, that's a dream that can come true. They put a lot of faith in me, and hopefully I can finish my career there, just to say thank you.

Gary Neville never seemed to know when he was beaten, and Ashley Cole never gets beaten.

I'm all about assists; I'm not really greedy.

I don't go throwing money about - if I did, I think my mum and dad would be on my back because that's not the way I've been brought up.

I was a Sheffield United fan from when my grandad, who's sadly passed away now, got a season ticket for me when I was four.

When I'm out and about or walking my dogs, United fans are coming up to me saying, 'We'd rather City win the league than Liverpool.' It's strange to hear, but I can assure you the United players aren't going to leave a red carpet and say, 'Go on, City, score past us.'

In the World Cup, I was happy to play anywhere.

I thought it was really important for my son to come to a World Cup with my missus, who has been there for me from day one and supported me.

I want to play right-back. I have worked my whole life to get to where I am now in a World Cup squad and to showcase my talent in the World Cup stage, playing in my position.

In any football I have played in - and I have played in League One and as an international at the World Cup - the bare minimum is running around and showing the desire for the shirt. Then, the higher you go up the leagues, your football takes control of that.

I have been playing professionally since I was 18 at right-back. To get to your first World Cup and probably not playing in your preferred position, where you want to showcase your talent, is not disappointing, but it is like, 'OK, it is a little bit of a step back.'

For us, as players, I am concentrating on the game rather than worrying about the fans, but obviously, you do want the atmosphere - when you do go to certain grounds, it is difficult to play there when you have got the atmosphere, the fans are right on their side.

I'm going to repay my mum so much because she has kept my feet on the ground.

My dad's travelled everywhere with me since I was seven, so I owe him so much.