Ross Barkley Quotes

I am thankful for everyone at the club that helped me, the fans, the coaches that I have had, the staff that have helped with injuries, I am really grateful to everyone at Everton. It was like a family to me.

I’m a striker. I feel I can have my greatest impact there because I’m free to roam around the pitch, take players on, have shots and create chances.

At Chelsea I knew I’d improve a lot quicker around better players, world-class players.

Every manager has their own way of approaching games.

It’s all about success, winning trophies.

When I was at Everton, I went through a lot of up and down spells, lacking in confidence.

I love Everton and all I think about is playing for Everton.

The Premier League‘s the most competitive in the world.

I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.

It’s not me feeling pressure, it’s just me putting pressure on myself if I don’t do my best, and I know I can do better.

When you have got a new manager you have got to impress and get used to what he wants really quickly.

It was a big decision to leave Everton and it took me a lot of time to think over.

I have had expectations on me from a young age and I have dealt with them.

Chelsea is a massive club, you aim to win the Premier League or are challenging for trophies with the aim to win everything.

To be given a fresh start at a new club like Chelsea, it’s unbelievable for me.

When I broke into the Everton side under Roberto Martinez, I was playing in the No. 10 role, and I had never played there before, so I was getting used to that role as a first-team player.

You have to go through bad days to get to the great days you have in your career.

I’m the type of player who takes risks, so every now and then I’m going to give the ball away. I just have to learn not to do it in silly areas of the pitch.

I’ve got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I’m trying to do that.

You can take a bit of criticism from your manager now and then, but you have to react to it which I have done.

I know how important it is to take different tactics from different managers on board.

I’ve matured, I understand the game much more, which can be natural as you grow up.

It was hard for me to leave because Everton were my boyhood club. I supported them from when I was a young kid.

Now and again there are a few cookies going around the training ground. If we have played a game I can afford to have one.

I have turned 25, come into my own and focused on improving at day-to-day level.

If things aren’t going well there’s always going to be pressure that comes with it.

It was when I came back from Leeds that things started to change. I went from being a kid to having to man up and going into a man’s game.

I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped me to understand food better.

I just focus on getting better every day, putting things right in training and then hopefully what I’m doing right in training I’m doing to show in games as well.

As a youngster as I was a centre-half, I liked being on the ball and coming out from the back. I took chances so I got put in midfield and then I was playing all over the pitch so adjusted wherever I needed to play.

Everton means the world to me.

I signed as an 11-year-old for Everton. I broke into the Under-18s at the age of 14, then the reserves at 15, then I was in the first-team squad at 16.

On derby day it’s not down to form, it’s on the day, who’s prepared for the game and who wants to battle.

I want to be regarded as a world-class midfielder.

Partying? I don’t really think about that.

Each individual has their own pre-match ritual and pick off the menu. But I usually have a bit of pesto – either spaghetti or penne. On game-day I’ll add a bit of meat to it and maybe some greens.

I’d like Everton to be known as the better team in Liverpool.

I used to be really fussy, I just used to eat chicken or steak. I didn’t really eat fish, but I eat a lot of it now.

They’ve got a good atmosphere and it’s always a tough game at the Stadium of Light.

With each individual, everybody takes instructions in a different way.

When you first come back from a long-term injury, you’re just trying to get your body in order and trying to get back into the training and match routine.

You have to work hard and your chances will come.

My aim is to be a winner.

I feel like I am ready to understand every aspect of the game.

Chelsea are always competing to win things and that was my thought to push myself and reach a new level.

My approach to games is much better and I am going into games with the right preparation and I am more relaxed, rather than thinking about things too much.

We are not in the game to accept where we are at.

I played a lot of games at a young age and I feel like I’m an older player in the side now. I communicate a lot more on the pitch and in the training room now.

I’ll keep improving with more games.

You can always be more professional.