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The lads I played football with on the street when I was a kid in Cardiff were as good as me, and in many…

— Craig Bellamy

You know I could have stayed in my comfortable chair in South Wales having the first Welsh team that got promoted and been there…

— Brendan

I'd spent three and a half years at Swansea, played my first Premier League game there.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

I was playing first-team football at Cardiff at 16.

— Aaron Ramsey

I was quite small as a lad compared to everyone else so I didn't stand a chance at Southampton. They told me one day…

— Danny Ings

When I was 15, I had played as a striker and I was the only left-footed player in the team, so they put me…

— Andy Carroll

At Tottenham, it took two years for me to try to break in there. I knew my opportunity would come - it was just…

— Kieran Trippier

Before Bolton I played for Real Madrid and I was getting involved in the first-team training since I was 16 and then I played…

— Marcos Alonso

I improved enormously, on and off the pitch, over that year at Swansea.

— Graham Potter

I had become a bit spoiled or complacent at Sporting and I needed a kick up the backside, which is what Everton gave me.…

— Eric Dier

This is why I had to go to Swansea. I didn't want to stay on the bench for another year.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

I trained with Chelsea for two weeks under Glenn Hoddle when they were in the relegation zone - it was a long time ago.…

— Ralph Hasenhuttl