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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.

Frank Lampard

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Frank Lampard
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 20
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
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Soccer Player
Frank James Lampard
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In terms of not retiring? I don't want to leave and think to myself, Maybe I should have stayed a bit longer. I'm dwelling on it. I have turned down a few Premier League offers. But the fact is, after being at Chelsea for so long and a year with Manchester City, I don't want to get involved in a relegation dogfight.
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I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.
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There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.
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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.
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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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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)
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In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.
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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.
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When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.
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I always wanted to be a winner, to score goals. There was no massive bravery in terms of my mum passing away and stepping up. I just wanted to score. I know everyone would have given me a pass on it if I hadn't taken it. But I'd have had the hump with myself if I'd shirked it.
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I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.
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