Frank Lampard Quotes

I read Michael Caine's biography. It was about him growing up

Remember every team wants to beat Chelsea, probably even more than Manchester United or Arsenal because they believe we have an unfair advantage.

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.

As far as I see it you just can't give Messi space in the dangerous areas - we have to close him down, get tight and give him as little room as we can because if you don't, he can destroy you.

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

They're a very offensive team and even without Thierry Henry they can still do damage to you all over the pitch. (on Arsenal)

But to be fair, Arsenal are a quality side. They're not where they are by chance - they are not top of the league and unbeaten because they are a bad team.

When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?

People had said to me New York is kind of cutthroat and people walk past you on the street. I find it the opposite. I find that people want to talk.

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

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be.

But we have the players, as we have shown against good opposition this season, we're an extremely difficult side to live with at home. (on Chelsea)

I think when you have spent the money that we have, it's bound to bring it's own pressure. The players have shown that they can handle that though. (on Chelsea)

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

I always dedicate my goals to my mum. I lost her a couple of years ago. She was my biggest supporter and is always with me.

Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.

I had a fear of losing, a fear of what might happen if I had a bad game. Would I get dropped? I don't remember a lot of stuff in my career.

Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.

I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays.

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

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!

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

I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.

Eden Hazard is a great player. He has magic

When I look back, I didn't enjoy any of the big games. I didn't enjoy any of the finals. You enjoy lifting the trophy and the celebrations. But it was always the next game.

Scoring goals is the best feeling you can have. I always look up at the stand for my family straight afterwards it means everything to me that they travel to every game.