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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.

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 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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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'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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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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Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.
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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 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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When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.
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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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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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Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.
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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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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 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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