Quotes About Opportunity

When I met Corky, he was a cook, a chef. He never started dancing seriously until he was 21, which shows you can make it from any age.

I really want to play in Chelsea.

When I arrived at Chelsea, I had got used to playing 50 games, and suddenly, I was sharing my position with another player.

To play for Chelsea is a blessing.

I left school and went straight into 'Made In Chelsea' - I've never had any challenge.

I don't think you would find any player in the Bundesliga who would say that they would not at all be interested. Chelsea would have been very interesting for me. You don't get a chance like that very often in your life.

When I was at Chelsea I was playing for a team where Ashley Cole was the best in the world and I still got games.

The two years out on loan were about trying to get experience and work as hard as I could to make sure when I came back I could give myself the best chance to get back to Chelsea and get in the team. That was my goal.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

I don't understand what's going on behind the scenes fully, but Chelsea's a massive club, and I understand why chances don't come so often.

I always felt that by the time I would leave Chelsea I was ready to be a number one. I'd had a long apprenticeship so when I was to go, it would to be a No. 1.

I came to Chelsea because one club and one coach believed in me.

Sometimes you have to take the opportunity when it comes because it might not come again. That's what my thoughts were when I went to Chelsea.

It's Chelsea and you will always have competition for places here.

I made the right choice to come to Chelsea.

When I moved to Chelsea, it was a big, big challenge and experience for me at the time to play with so many good players.

I spent too little time at Chelsea. I want to have another life so I could spend more time there.

When you play for a team like Chelsea you will have to fight for your place.

When my agent told me that Chelsea were interested it was not something I even needed to think about.

We all want to make a step higher up. I think I've got it in me to play at that level. I played a few games at Chelsea and showed it. That's just having confidence in yourself.

It was so bizarre. I've never accepted a job as quickly as I accepted the Chelsea one. I said yes, I'll do it, I didn't even ask about the money. I just thought: this is my calling.

When you have the chance to play for Chelsea, you have to take it.

But I think I made the right move to leave Chelsea behind. They kept sending me on loan to get more experience.

I'll never have a bad word to say about how Chelsea treated me growing up and developing me into the player I am today. It's probably the best academy in the world that anyone would want to go to and develop.