Top 60 Jordan Pickford Quotes

It is all about concentration, and the more games you play, the more you concentrate.

I watched football, but I was a kid who really preferred being out on the street with my mates playing hide and seek!

I think everyone can have their own opinion. I think that all that matters is how I feel and my opinion, my coaches, and the people around me, like my family.

Coming into a new club, it’s always exciting.

For me, going out on loan and playing men’s football was crucial, and I was getting bored of playing Under-23 football because I wasn’t getting tested.

The pitch is always going to be the same lines, same goal height. It’s just a game of football.

As a Sunderland fan, I loved Tommy Sorensen.

Sometimes I was getting bored playing in youth games and in the reserves; I didn’t think it was challenging. I always wanted to be challenged and better myself.

We do about 600 saves in a training week, just for that one save on a match day. That’s why you’ve got to be in the game at all times.

I always work hard on and off the pitch for the Saturday‘s game, and it’s all about performing on a Saturday; that’s why I work my socks off during the week.

As long as I’m communicating and staying in the game, my concentration is always going to be there.

You don’t want to get too comfortable if you’re winning and start trying to be a number 10.

Criticism doesn’t affect me. It just makes me want to be better.

As long as you are set and in the right position, you give yourself the best opportunity. It’s all about the crucial timing of a save, but it’s also being in the right position at the right time.

Places like Wrexham and Southport, when there are not that many people there, were tough. You are a young lad, and you’re having abuse hurled at you.

Petr Cech has been a top keeper in the Premier League for the last 10-12 years. When you’re growing up, you see him making these saves week in, week out. He’s probably been the most consistent goalkeeper in these last 10 years in the Premier League, so you can’t give him too much criticism.

As a goalkeeper, you’ve got to have mental toughness, and that’s one thing I’m good at.

Getting the opportunity to become England‘s number one was down to being at Everton, I believe, and being able to put in solid performances week in and week out.

I did a lot of lower league, and in lower league, you’re not going to be playing out from the back; you’re going to hit it long and try to get the second ball.

Sometimes, off the field you learn the most, becoming a better person, and nutritionally, I’ve worked a lot on it.

I never really doubt myself or think that if I make a mistake, I am going to make another mistake.

The quality of goalkeepers is very good in the Premier League – and you have to be good at using your feet.

I hate making mistakes, and I hate conceding goals, but I try not to beat myself up too much.

I want to become the best person as a goalkeeper I can be.

I am able to mentally block out mistakes.

I wasn’t going to McDonald‘s every week, but a nice pizza after three points isn’t a bad way to have it.

I’d travel to Alfreton for games, and my dad, Lee, would drive. I’d eat my pre-match meal in the back. Mam would make chicken and pasta, and she’d stick it in a tub.

I play in the moment; nothing fazes me.

Nothing really affects me. That’s from being brought up well by my parents and where we’re from, and we’re a hard working family.

There is always a case as a goalkeeper, if you make an error, it will lead to a goal.

I’ve got power and agility. I don’t care if I’m not the biggest keeper; I’ve got the power and agility to get around the goal, and I’m very good at it.

When there are just 500 fans inside a ground, you can hear everything they say, every little word that is getting said. So that is what turns you from a kid into a man.

My mam and dad have brought me up well.

I am always learning and always wanting to improve.

It’s the little things you remember. My mam, Sue, would take me to training in a taxi when I was a kid if Dad, who is a builder, had to work on a Saturday morning. You look back at the stuff like that and realise the sacrifices were all worth it.

You’ve got to accept where mistakes will happen, and it’s about not making the next one.

The only way you’re going to get caps is by playing. I’ve played all the way through the age groups, and that was my experience. Now I’m on the main stage, and I’ve got to play to my strengths.

I’ve been critcised for going with my top hand, but as long as you save it, that’s all that counts.

I always wanted to be going out on loan and playing football and maturing as a goalkeeper.

I don’t worry about being the best keeper in the tournament. I just focus on being the best I possibly can for myself and for the team.

I always take my opportunities.

So long as I keep performing week in, week out for Everton, I will have the chance to stay England number one.

I know I’m only 24, but I know in my head already I am mature, because I’ve got the right mental side of it.

A goalkeeper’s mistakes are always crucial ones – or get talked about a lot.

I’m just a lad who likes playing football. I’m not bothered about anything else.

Sometimes maybe it just doesn’t go right in the game, but that’s football, and I think I’m definitely improving game by game, and getting more experience is good.

Physical activity can help improve your mental health, as it helps to take your mind off things if you are having a bad time.

The important thing is to react well to your mistakes.

You know yourself if you are doing well, and I think my form shouldn’t be getting questioned.

Every chance I’ve had, I’ve grabbed the chance to wear the No. 1 shirt.

I don’t practice many penalties! I don’t mind taking them but don’t really practice saving many.

I was growing up watching Rooney as an England legend and as one of the top players in England in my lifetime.

I have always said you only get one shot in life as a footballer.

It’s never nice to make mistakes, but it’s just how you bounce back.

It’s my job to be a goalkeeper and keep the ball out of the net, and that’s what I’ve done. I’ve kept a clean sheet.

The gaffer Gareth Southgate knows I can play with my feet, but he knows the capability I have in goal as well. He has put the faith in me, and I had to repay him in the World Cup, and I think I did.

I’ve been a professional since I was a 17-year-old, over 200 league games from Conference all the way up to the Premier League now, so I think that’s experience in itself.

I’m just a normal lad.

The Manchester City game is what the Premier League is all about. You have to thrive on those big occasions.

No, I never go into a game with any doubts. I always feel confident in my ability, and hopefully I can be strong mentally.