Chris Smalling

I am used to playing when I am fit.

— Chris Smalling

I've had many setbacks.

— Chris Smalling

My mum and brother are so proud of me.

— Chris Smalling

I just want to do my best.

— Chris Smalling

I guess football is a game of opinions.

— Chris Smalling

I've always been a centre-half, to be honest.

— Chris Smalling

The FA Cup is notoriously unpredictable.

— Chris Smalling

Ultimately, what you're feeding yourself has a bearing on how you're going to perform.

— Chris Smalling

We take more risks at United than the majority of teams but the manager wants us to play.

— Chris Smalling

A good pre-season is essential if you want to do well.

— Chris Smalling

I knew when I did get a consistent run that I could go from height to height.

— Chris Smalling

I want the supporters to know that we're always striving to improve.

— Chris Smalling

My wife is vegan and has been for a few years.

— Chris Smalling

You can't have two or three games where you let your level drop.

— Chris Smalling

I know from playing against Mata that he's a great player.

— Chris Smalling

Ultimately it's your club form that decides whether you play at a World Cup because there aren't many England games throughout the…

— Chris Smalling

When you've got the experienced players around you who've won countless trophies and titles between them, you want to rise to them.

— Chris Smalling

You can put too much pressure on yourself. You can start forcing balls, maybe trying too hard. You make things too complicated.

— Chris Smalling

I think racism is unacceptable and should not be stood for. It is not an issue just in Italy, it is around…

— Chris Smalling

When we're winning or losing, when we're doing warm-ups or even when I'm walking down the street, there are United fans talking…

— Chris Smalling

Football was always a dream, but a distant dream until when I was about to go to university. I'd had a couple…

— Chris Smalling

At cricket, I was mainly a bowler and tried to bat. I hit the odd four or six and then got out!…

— Chris Smalling

It's nice when you can have that battle on the pitch and then there's respect after the game because, ultimately, you are…

— Chris Smalling

You do see very few English players going abroad and those that do are largely good players otherwise they wouldn't have gone,…

— Chris Smalling

I have a collage of pictures of my dad holding my brother and me. I look at that before every game just…

— Chris Smalling

You work every day technically, physically but so much is in the mind. Look at when players go on big scoring runs,…

— Chris Smalling

It doesn't matter whether it's the 93rd minute, Giggsy is making his jinky, mazy little runs. You could forgive him for maybe…

— Chris Smalling

I think a lot of managers say that it starts from the front and us as defenders know it helps our job…

— Chris Smalling

You're never going to be bulletproof, but if you're feeding yourself good food and making sure you're eating the right supplements, I…

— Chris Smalling

I quite like being aggressive and horrible which gives you more confidence to dictate over strikers and to make them feel they…

— Chris Smalling

It's hard to sit back and just go through your whole career, because everything's always moving so fast. But the odd milestone…

— Chris Smalling

All of us are professionals and no player wants not to play.

— Chris Smalling

Whether it's the Premier League or the Champions League, I can showcase my abilities.

— Chris Smalling

Playing in the Manchester derby definitely helped me.

— Chris Smalling

Even before I joined Manchester United, I knew of Wazza as a hard worker.

— Chris Smalling

I was born in London but, after my dad passed away, we moved to Kent for a fresh start.

— Chris Smalling

It is nice to hear yourself being compared to great players.

— Chris Smalling

Hopefully I can take my chances when I get them.

— Chris Smalling

People might think it's all about getting up for a game but it's often the opposite.

— Chris Smalling

Obviously with a knee injury there are certain protocols that need to happen.

— Chris Smalling