Quotes from Daniel James

I moved away to Swansea from Hull when I was 15. It was about four hours away - for some countries that's not a lot - but I wasn't able to see my family a lot.

It is a boyhood dream to play for Manchester United. To come here is a bit surreal. You see the number of fans out there and how far some of them have travelled to see. It is going to take a bit of getting used to.

Being a winger I'm always going to get fouled but it's just about how you get on with it. I don't let it get in my head and just keep going.

If a defender hits you and you stay down he might think he's got the better of you, so to get up and keep going is important.

Giggsy, as soon as I came into the Wales set-up, had ambitions for me. The way he brought me and a lot of other youngsters through has been amazing. He spoke to me when I first signed for United. His advice was to be myself, which is what I will try to do.

Everyone looks up to Lionel Messi, but I think I've got to go for Juan Mata. He's someone that I've always looked up to.

You sometimes go back to your comfort zone when you're in a bad place, you try and be safe.

I think it was the down point in my career. I went to Shrewsbury on loan, I came back within a month and hadn't played a game - injured and feeling sorry for myself really.

Obviously, I did enjoy my football - it was just that I was missing out with friends. But they are the sacrifices that sometimes you have to make as a footballer, to make it.

I have ambitions to play for the first team. Of course, that is the ultimate goal.

Coming out at the Theatre of Dreams is unbelievable. I'll always love it and never get used to the sound of the fans.

Playing three games each week, you are away a lot. So, yeah, moving away from family and friends and being away all the time would have to be my biggest sacrifice.

I was training most nights and was missing out. I was coming back from school and wanting to go out with my mates, but I had to go training.

The Ilyushkin 72 ascended through the kingdom of clouds like a steel dragon, powerful and proud. It roared up and away from the snowy private airstrip, leaving in its wake the black ribbon dividing the alpine snowfields of a classified mountain installation.

I think being versatile is important.

My agent said 'you've got clubs looking at you and United are one,' and I said: 'no they're not!'

At the start, when I got to nearly 12 years old, I actually nearly gave up football. I wasn't enjoying it.

I think having established myself at Man United so quickly has helped me.

I still don't believe I'm a Manchester United player, it's the stuff you dream of.