Quotes by Frank Lampard

About Frank Lampard:

Frank James Lampard is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for New York City FC. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Chelsea, where he played for 13 years, and is considered by a number of journalists and football experts to be one of the best midfielders of his generation. He has been described by previous record goal-scorer Bobby Tambling and long-term teammate John Terry as Chelsea's greatest ever player.
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When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering who's performing bette...

Frank Lampard

People can talk about my age for as long as they like. There is nothing better in football than proving people wrong, and I'll try to do that for as long as I can.

Frank Lampard

I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.

Frank Lampard

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

Frank Lampard

Scoring goals is the best feeling you can have. I always look up at the stand for my family straight afterwards; it means everything to me that they travel to every game.

Frank Lampard

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.

Frank Lampard

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.

Frank Lampard

I come from a football family which has really helped.

Frank Lampard

Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.

Frank Lampard

I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.

Frank Lampard

The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.

Frank Lampard

I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic.

Frank Lampard

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.

Frank Lampard

If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.

Frank Lampard

Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.

Frank Lampard

For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.

Frank Lampard

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

Frank Lampard

I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I always know they're going to want to talk football if 'Talksport' is on the radio.

Frank Lampard

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

Frank Lampard

I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.

Frank Lampard

Author Bio

  • NameFrank Lampard
  • DescriptionEnglish footballer (born 1978)
  • AliasesFrank James Lampard
  • BornJune 20, 1978
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAssociation Football Player