Quotes from Nikita Parris

The Champions League is one trophy that I need to win.

The pride you feel when you represent your country, not to mention scoring, is something you can't really explain. It's massive.

You've got to have dedication because there's a lot of sacrifice which goes into it - a lot of your time is minimal with friends and family, especially in the past 10 years.

I really wanted to put myself out of my comfort zone, and that meant leaving England and really changing culture and different ideas and philosophies in a club environment.

When I step up to that penalty spot, I know the consequences. They're the same whether I miss the first, second, third - or the 10th - it will be the same.

If you don't have competition in a squad, you can have complacency - and, if you have complacency, you won't win.

I'm always playing jokes, even on the manager - some, not many. I want to try and keep my place in the squad.

Let's build women's football from the bottom before we get to the top; it's not about building from the top to get to the bottom. We can talk about the Etihad and Man United's ground, the Theatre of Dreams, in a few years' time. Let's fill the Academy Stadiums, the Kingsmeadows, first of all.

Our keeper, Karen Bardsley, stakes out any penalty, any free-kick, any corner. KB knows the detail of how the person will take it.

I do a bit of boxing in the off-season to stay fit - it's a different kind of fitness.

The biggest thing I got from my sister's career was never to give up. She had so many ups and downs throughout her career. Injuries and big injuries - ACLs. And she never gave up; she always came back fighting.

I'm proud to say that my sister was the first female boxer in the Olympics. That's history. She made her mark. And that's what you want to do in any sport.

As long as I can keep one child off the streets or change one child's life for the better, then that's enough for me.

Ever since I was kid, I dreamed of playing for England.