Quotes About Development

Once you have had 10 seasons at this level, the next season is not going to be so different. For a young player with only 20 appearances in the Premier League there is an opportunity to improve.

The first few seasons, I was just getting used to the Premier League.

I was a million miles from being a Premier League player. You see some people, at 18 they are ready. At 21, I wasn't. Physically nowhere near.

Every year in the Premier League, every team is improving. Every team is buying new players.

I hope I can develop here in the Premier League, and I hope I can be like those great legends one time in my career.

You should never get ahead of yourself car-wise; no Merc when you're still in the youth team, no Porsche unless you're a Premier League regular.

I don't think I was ready for the Premier League until I was 24 at Southampton.

I've been a professional since I was a 17-year-old, over 200 league games from Conference all the way up to the Premier League now, so I think that's experience in itself.

I've crossed every bridge to become a Premier League goalkeeper, I think I'm going in the right direction and I think I'm mature as a goalkeeper.

Me being at Coventry, instead of a big Premier League club, probably helped me develop. You don't get put in the academy system, playing Under-18s and Under-23s.

We've got the greatest Premier League, greatest domestic competition in the world but the downside of that is we've got fewer and fewer English players playing in that league.

The first Premier League season is always tough for anyone.

The Premier League has forced me to develop different skills.

I think Sarri has grown a lot and learned a lot in the Premier League.

It's a league that you really have to get used to. If you're coming from another one, it's a tough league. Getting the experience playing in a Premier League team and getting hopefully consistent games will be huge for me.

My defensive side was something I wanted to work on, especially coming into the Premier League.

The Premier League is probably the best in the world so if you have a lot of players who play well there, it's normal that they are going to grow as players.

The Premier League is a competitive league where strikers can be brought in for x amount of pounds and it might block your pathway as a young player. To go abroad, if it gives you the opportunity to play at the highest level in that country then I think it's a no-brainer.

The Premier League is the top league in the world. It's definitely toughened me up and mentally made me into the person I am now.

After starting off with the Indian Premier League, I thought something more can be done for sports.

I'm not an outliner. I come up with a premise and then take it from there.

There is a premium on innovation and commercializing new ideas.

In high school, AAU, even prep school, I didn't really know how to play basketball. It was kind of like, 'Let's throw the balls out, go get buckets, just score, and go play.'

After my second year in the NBA, my prep years, my college, I hadn't really found myself.