Quotes from Mason Mount

The seasons fly by so you have to make the most of every season and enjoy it, which is always something I try to do.

When you reach the senior game, you can still be someone that leads by example but you can't just be that.

When you are putting on that England shirt there is pressure to perform, but if you have been around it from a younger age I think you become ready for it.

Watching David Beckham and Ronaldo scoring all these free-kicks, I was in awe.

We need to keep doing the basics well.

I've definitely got longer passing in my locker and you can bring that out more when you're playing in that No 8 position.

When we go out to train, there's like this big microwave which heats the boots up so when you put them on it feels nice and it's not tough and hard. When you have studs that are metal, they get boiling hot. So when Jorginho walks out and everyone is putting their boots on, he puts a hot stud on your leg. It burns your leg.

I think Barca and Iniesta were a big part of me growing up, looking at those as role models.

I have had a lot of boos in my short career, that is obviously from away fans or home fans!

It's a big moment for me personally to score three at home at Stamford Bridge, it's very special.

To be called up to England, to play at Old Trafford and then to come and play at the Bridge, there's so much experience I can take away.

I don't really get the opportunity to wear many suits.

Christmas means a lot to me as me and my family have always been together celebrating, it is a big thing for my family.

The Champions League is on another level. The games feel different.

In the Championship you do take tackles where you think, 'OK, he is putting one on me to prove a point.' They want to try and get in your head, ruin your performance. It doesn't bother me.

You don't want to be the boy leaving Chelsea, you want to train like every session is your last session because you know you always have to prove something to people.

The two years out on loan were about trying to get experience and work as hard as I could to make sure when I came back I could give myself the best chance to get back to Chelsea and get in the team. That was my goal.

Ultimately I want to play for Chelsea.

Chelsea is the main goal for me, I want to play in their first-team.

It is such a special thing. As a kid growing up, you look at the Ballon d'Or and how it is the top of the top from a personal point of view.

It is about getting into the box more, being more clinical, the final pass. It is about really putting that pressure on myself to be someone who creates.

When you're clinical in front of goal you are going to win games.

That was always something I remember, playing in loads of different positions when I was younger, and learning about what it takes to play a right-wing role, or holding midfield, or as a striker. I had a lot of experiences in those different formations and positions.

In a couple of games there have been players who have man-marked me, but that is down to me learning what I can do when those situations arise, getting in better positions.