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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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I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays.
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When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.
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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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I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is.
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In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.
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If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.
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I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.
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Henry is a great man, I really like him. He is a great professional and I think he will be a great captain for them. He's been the outstanding player in the Premiership for the last three or four years
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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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Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.
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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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Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.
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The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.
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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 can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.
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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 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 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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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 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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