Confidence Quote by Chris Smalling

Capello put me behind Demetrio Albertini, so I had the right position. I had to follow him like a shadow. It was to learn…

— Patrick Vieira

I have said from day one I see myself as a center back. But, if I am asked to play in midfield or at…

— Phil Jones

The likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are top players. We know they have talent offensively but Capello will tell them: 'first of…

— Marcel Desailly

I have to be honest: in my career, I've really had to fight to come in the middle again. A lot of managers told…

— Georginio Wijnaldum

I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but then Fabio…

— Michael Owen

I began as a striker, then became a holding midfielder, and now I'm a centre-half. I've done everything except play in goal.

— Aymeric Laporte

Anyone who wants to be a centre-half would have to say that John Terry is a role model. Every centre-half in the game would…

— Chris Smalling

I don't consider myself the third centre-back. I have to give my all and then it is the coach who will decide.

— Pepe

I believe I could be a good centre-half.

— Jack Rodwell

For England, I play centre-half. I enjoy it. You face all the best strikers in the world. I enjoy the challenge.

— Lucy Bronze

“Guardiola signed for Roma in the summer of 2002, motivated less by the opportunity to play for a bigger club than to be coached…

— Guillem Balague

To be honest, from England Under-16s, through the 17s and 18s, really all the way through my youth career, I played at centre-half. For…

— Jack Rodwell