Quotes from Frank Lampard

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.

I loved being in America. It was a great experience. People will be drawn to China because of the money but the lifestyle, everything about America, I couldn't recommend it enough.

I think when you have spent the money that we have, it's bound to bring it's own pressure. The players have shown that they can handle that though. (on Chelsea)

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea.

But we have the players, as we have shown against good opposition this season, we're an extremely difficult side to live with at home. (on Chelsea)

I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.

I have made lots of mistakes on and off the pitch, and you can only learn from them. If I can get that across, then hopefully I am doing something right.

I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.

I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic.

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.