Quotes from Christian Eriksen

You can definitely train your awareness to be even better than it is. Of course, you start with a certain point of feelings and awareness on the pitch. But I think the more you get in positions, the more you get used to it, the more you get used to the tempo of your team-mates, everything. It feels more and more natural, and quicker and quicker.

When the team is doing well, you go with the flow. You get confidence, and you just build on that.

As a football player, you would like to play each match.

I only had good years with Frank de Boer. I don't have anything bad to say about him.

I've never been one to go past 20 players on the wing. I'm always going to be the guy sneaking the ball through, to build and create something.

My mum worked in a grocery shop and played football, and my dad worked with cars, a sales director, and he played to almost a professional level. His dad played as well.

Every player wants to play more than 45 minutes, but it's the decision of the coach. You have to work hard.

Of course it's nice to get recognition, but I'm not looking for it. I just do my thing. If it comes, it comes. But it's not what you play for.

It is always hard when the referee is against you.

I don't like it hectic; I like to keep it calm and do my thing - play the pass. I think you see the pass if you are in a good state of mind.

In the future, I see myself at the highest level. That's what I dream about.

The World Cup is definitely a good place to show that when you're at Tottenham, you can be a top player.

Everyone looks at who is playing a World Cup. If a player you do not know makes a good impression at the World Cup, you'll notice him more afterwards.

When you are new, it is difficult to get momentum and get to know your team-mates when you are not regularly in the team.

It was a bit of a shock playing against Millwall. I knew the reputation of English football was tough, but my first thoughts when we started were, 'Wow, this is different to Denmark.' They kicked a little more and made crazy tackles, but I wasn't injured when I returned to Denmark, so I guess I did OK.

During the game, you don't really notice how many guys have touched the ball because you're just focusing on where you need to be.

From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it was always football.

It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.

I have felt in my head that I would like to play, but then you listen to your body and accept it might be better that you do not play every game immediately after an injury.

In Denmark, you are sure to play if you were good, but Ajax played you if you did not have the mentality and went 100 percent to it.

The most important thing is to try to do your best.

I went to Chelsea twice when I was 14 and 15. I was at Danish club Odense at the time and came across with a friend to Cobham. We played against West Ham youth away, and the year after, we played Millwall away.

Money has never been a motivation.

Any coach in football doesn't like national team games because it's out of your hands; you can't really control what's going to happen.