Quotes from Frank Lampard

A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.

When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering who's performing better, you take your eye off the ball.

People had said to me New York is kind of cutthroat and people walk past you on the street. I find it the opposite. I find that people want to talk.

Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way.

The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

If you're going to be a man that reads the papers and takes everything as gospel truth, that's a sign of who you are, that isn't a sign of the reality.

I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.

I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.

Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.

I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.

I'm like everyone else: I want to play every game, but it's not possible.

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.

Scoring goals is the best feeling you can have. I always look up at the stand for my family straight afterwards it means everything to me that they travel to every game.

I had a fear of losing, a fear of what might happen if I had a bad game. Would I get dropped? I don't remember a lot of stuff in my career.

I always dedicate my goals to my mum. I lost her a couple of years ago. She was my biggest supporter and is always with me.