Jamie Vardy Quotes
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When you are moulding 30 an hour, it takes its toll on your body. It got to the point where my back was just hanging off. It was time to say, 'I can't do this any more'.
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If you go into a tournament thinking that you're not going to do anything, you might as well not be there because you won't achieve anything.
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When I was playing for the reserves, if you got a call-up you got a straight £30. I'd never been paid for football!
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If I go in the gym, it will slow me down. I don't go in for weights or anything like that. Each and every person is different, and this is my way, and I'm sure if someone else tried doing what I do, then it probably wouldn't work for them.
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Obviously, when you're doing fitness work at a club all week and every week, it's all about specific drills for what you need to do on the pitch. So I'd be doing a different drill to the centre-midfielders. It's all specifically tailored for me. For example, my drills are high speed. It's all about trying to break the line with a sharp sprint.
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I like a drink and enjoy being Jack the Lad. I've had a few scraps and spent a night in a cell.
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If I'm played out of position, I'll always give 100%, but everyone knows I would rather play down the middle.
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The best present I've ever given someone is myself. I've given it to everyone.
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When I was living on my own, for a footballer it's easy to do the things that you're not supposed to, or not what the sport science team says. For example, if there's a packet of crisps, you're going to eat them. The same with a packet of sweets. Go to bed at a certain time? You're not going to if you're on your own.
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I got given a pair of Christmas socks with penguins on. They know you're obviously not going to wear them. I think they do it just to annoy you, to be honest.
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Being in the Premier League would be a dream come true.
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After a Saturday game, we're in on a Sunday to cool down and make sure we're fully back at it again. But it doesn't really affect things too much. It's basically like you've had a game on the Saturday, and then you're in the cup on a Tuesday.
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When training and matches are finished, we'll all go out and have food together; we're always in touch with each other.
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No one can take their place or their England shirt for granted. If I want to be in that squad, I need to keep banging in the goals to make sure I stay in the manager's plans.
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There is only one thing I want to do here, and that is play football to the best of my ability. If I let things start distracting me, I'm not going to be able to do that, which will jeopardise the team as well.
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Moving to Fleetwood was a shock to the system at first. I'd never been at a full-time club.