Explore Quotes by Frank Lampard

A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.

I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.

There's a few ugly ones. Carlo is probably the best looking [on chelsea players]

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

Having grown up watching Barcelona, Elen gets a bit annoyed watching me if I don't do flicks and tricks like Ronaldinho. I have to explain you can't do that all the time in a game!

I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true.

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.

I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

I'm like everyone else: I want to play every game, but it's not possible.

I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is.