Quotes from Dwight Gayle

I like to know where I'm going to be for the next few years and settle in a bit more.

I think the moment it all changed was when I went to Peterborough. I remember finding out that I was going there on loan, and I was shocked really. That was the big step for me. I thought I was doing alright at Dagenham, but I didn't even think I was doing that great there.

I played Sunday junior football for 6-7 years. Then I was at Stansted for two years between 19 and 21.

At the end of your career, you're going to look back at the match balls and be buzzing about them.

Any game in the Championship is going to be difficult.

That was probably the biggest shock I had in my career, coming from League Two to the Championship.

At times I perhaps get a bit frustrated because I maybe don't get to touch the ball as much as I want, but when I do get to touch the ball, it's obviously in good positions and I'm scoring so I can't really argue.

I love 'Harry Potter.'

To be playing in the Premier League from where I've come from is a big achievement.

I want to prove myself in the Premier League.

If I'm being totally honest, I'd pretty much given up on turning pro. I don't think I'd totally given up on the dream, but I'd accepted that it probably wasn't going to happen.

I wouldn't say I have done the best in scoring goals, but I have developed my game in a different way.

After the first couple of games I hadn't scored and you start putting an extra bit of pressure on yourself, and the longer that goes I think it becomes more difficult.

I'm quite good at finishing, I suppose.

I followed Man United growing up, and still have a little feeling for them I suppose. I still enjoy watching them.

I was a carpenter doing office refurbs and door frames. I'd get up at 5 A. M. and get the train to London. I'd work for eight hours a day with my dad.

You dream of scoring hat-tricks and scoring last minute winners when you are young.

The first thing a striker wants to do in the Championship is set a target of about 20. After each game I will take the next as it goes and see how that target goes.

I studied carpentry for three years and passed all my qualifications. If it wasn't for football then I would still be doing that. I honestly really enjoyed it.

Most of my goals have come at home and it shows how we thrive on the fans' support.

Hopefully I will get as many goals as I can and help the team out any way I can whether it's assisting, scoring, working hard or getting the team up the pitch.

I want to carry on enjoying my football, so I just need to keep working hard.

Obviously, Mitro and I both wanted the number 9 shirt, so the manager said that a shooting competition was the easiest way to decide it. But then, before we went out to training, Mitro just said 'here, Dwight, you have it'. That was it, really. It was a really nice gesture - very mature of him - and it was a sign of togetherness.

Sometimes I have to sit and look back and think how far I've gone.