Quotes from Nikita Parris

When you step up and take a penalty, it's 50/50 - but you've got to back yourself.

I'm confident in myself. It's not a case of I've missed a penalty, and I'm down.

I'm the one who is always bantering. Millie Bright and Rach Daly are pretty bad. Jill Scott is up there, too, but I'm probably the one who initiates it all, and people come back at me.

I'd go with our dad to watch our brothers play Sunday League. When I heard all the shouts, the reaction of the crowd, I wanted it to be about me.

You have to respect America for respecting the pioneers of the game. That's important. We do that a lot in our game in England. What they've done for women's football across the world is massive.

I think it's clear to see that Lyon plan to continue to win the Champions League and be the best team in Europe.

I think about giving back every single day, about the people who put so much effort into supporting my mum and me.

Every time I step on the pitch, I think about winning and putting on a performance that ensures my team comes out on top.

From the age of seven, I knew I wanted to play football - I didn't think about it in a professional sense in terms of making money from it; it was more about the social aspect of being with my friends and losing myself in the sport.

I grew up in an area of inner-city Liverpool. There were plenty of opportunities but also plenty of challenges - you could go down the right or wrong path, depending on one moment.

The feeling I had at 14, getting selected for Everton's Under-15 side - that excitement, pride, all the emotions - it never goes away. It still happens when I'm waiting for the England squad announcement. I'll get sweaty palms, I'll sit and scroll through my inbox, refreshing it continuously making sure that the email comes through.

When we go out to train, we work hard, but when we're back in the hotel, you want to chill out. People want to switch off from football because you spend so much time doing it. For me, switching off means playing jokes.

Always stay in a happy medium in sport, because you never know what's around the corner.

Me and fellow scouser Toni Duggan are a double act. We are always pre-planning some sort of practical joke.

There was always sibling rivalry. Tennis, football, boxing, whatever - you always want to come out on top of big sis.

I've always wanted to work with young people from disadvantaged areas.

You have to sacrifice time with your family, your time as a teenager. You don't experience life like any other, outside of football. When you go to uni, you can't live the uni lifestyle. But I've never, ever thought about quitting football.

On an odd occasion, you'll still find me shouting at referees when I've become increasingly frustrated, but I've tried to control my temper.

I have a niece now, and it makes me want to be better for her, just to show that there's a big wide world outside Toxteth, and you can imprint yourself in any one of those places as long as you do the hard work and have the desire.

I was pretty wild as a kid. Football tamed me. It put me on the right path, got me focused.

I still play a bit of tennis, but only a knockabout to help with my recovery after a game.

There weren't any opportunities to be a professional women's player until I was 16 and the WSL was formed.

Completing my degree in Sports Development at Liverpool's John Moores University while being full-time at Manchester City is one of my greatest achievements.

I would love to have been a tennis player simply because of Serena Williams.