Quotes from Danny Ings

Every football player has their own journey and unfortunately my injuries were out of my hands. There wasn't much I could have done about that except rehab to the best of my ability which I did.

I like to give the fans what they expect to see from someone representing their club.

There were no toys or games when I was younger, just a football.

Injuries are horrible for every player.

I've had injuries in the past and I've always said that we earn our money when we're injured, because it's the hardest time. Playing football is the easy part because you're enjoying it.

Burnley Football Club helped me mature from a boy to a man and I can't thank them everyone from the club enough, from the board to the staff at the training ground and the staff at the club.

You cannot have players come on and not make the impact because the game will slowly slip away from you. It is important you are ready.

You need young, hungry, developing players in your team, but you also need that experience to level things out and get hold of some of the youngsters when they need advice in certain areas of the pitch.

I was quite small as a lad compared to everyone else so I didn't stand a chance at Southampton. They told me one day that they weren't interested so I moved on. I just went away and enjoyed my football.

I learned a lot under Jurgen Klopp, even when I wasn't playing I was training with the lads every day and my game was still developing. I understood every decision he made and as a player you have got to respect that.

No one turns up at Turf Moor thinking we are a soft touch.

I had to turn off my Twitter notifications for a while as I got a small minority of people sending me some abusive tweets.

I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me.

I've missed a lot of football.

To work with Brendan Rodgers and the players at Liverpool is an unbelievable dream come true for me, really.

If you are in the spotlight, you have to get used to it.

I want to start every game but you have to respect the staff.

You see a player come through from nowhere every now and again and getting a top club. It shows there are players out there.

I want to look back at the end of my career having numerous caps under my belt. That is one of my aims.

Any injury I have had, I have come back stronger.

Being outside on the grass is the easy, enjoyable part of being a footballer.

I don't want to limit myself on what I can achieve.

When you are at a club like Liverpool, it is not a club that you want to walk away from.

Everywhere I have been, I have always found a way to make it happen.