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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 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 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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If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.
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Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.
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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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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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You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.
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Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.
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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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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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I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I always know they're going to want to talk football if 'Talksport' is on the radio.
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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 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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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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A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.
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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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I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.
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Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.
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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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