Frank Lampard Quotes
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My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.
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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.
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You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.
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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.
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When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering who's performing better, you take your eye off the ball.
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Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.
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I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.
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I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This award is voted for by journalists, who can be your biggest critic and get on your nerves sometimes, but they all know football and I am very respectful of their thoughts, and very proud they have decided to give me this award this year.
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If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.
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I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is.
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I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.
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I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic.
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Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.
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There's that talent thing where I can score goals, and there's also that want and ambition to keep doing it and doing it and doing it. I've seen a lot of players do it for a year and then they rest on their laurels, but I've been very driven throughout my career. Without being the most talented, I think I've tried to make the most of it.
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I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays.
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For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.
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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.
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I think about all my successes and failures, and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.
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If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.
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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.