Bigger picture Quote by Per Mertesacker

Sometimes in football, like in life, you have to step into the wilderness. That's the way to get better. You have to try new…

— Gianfranco Zola

I always wanted to learn to get better, I always watched a lot of football to see how I could improve.

— Bukayo Saka

It's what football's about, you always want to improve. Doing things in your spare time looking to improve, looking at every detail.

— Scott McTominay

You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players.

— John Dorsey

Playing football helped me to gain self-discipline, confidence, negotiation skills, teamwork and leadership.

— Marcel Desailly

I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.

— Julian Edelman

You need to be a professional - how you train, how you eat, how you sleep, where you go outside of football.

— Dimitar Berbatov

It comes down to your decision-making and obviously you can get better and better as a decision-maker as you play, and get reps and…

— Kirk Cousins

I wasn't good at football when I was young but I made myself get good at football because of my mentality.

— Anthony Yarde

Every single year is a year for me to take a look at how I've grown and how I can get better and better…

— Chris Hogan

Being positive and believing in yourself is important, not only in football but also in improving as a person.

— Shinji Kagawa

I always told myself I was more than a football player, so every off season, I pushed myself to go outside the box and…

— Colton Underwood