Best 74 quotes of Frank Lampard on MyQuotes

A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.

As far as I see it you just can't give Messi space in the dangerous areas - we have to close him down, get tight and give him as little room as we can because if you don't, he can destroy you.

Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way...

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea.

But to be fair, Arsenal are a quality side. They're not where they are by chance - they are not top of the league and unbeaten because they are a bad team.

But we have the players, as we have shown against good opposition this season, we're an extremely difficult side to live with at home.  (on Chelsea)

But what club wouldn't welcome the chance to strengthen their side, what club would turn down the resources Chelsea have?

Eden Hazard is a great player. He has magic

Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.

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

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.

Having grown up watching Barcelona, Elen gets a bit annoyed watching me if I don't do flicks and tricks like Ronaldinho. I have to explain you can't do that all the time in a game!

Henry is a great man, I really like him. He is a great professional and I think he will be a great captain for them. He's been the outstanding player in the Premiership for the last three or four years

I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.

I always dedicate my goals to my mum. I lost her a couple of years ago. She was my biggest supporter and is always with me.

I always wanted to be a winner, to score goals. There was no massive bravery in terms of my mum passing away and stepping up. I just wanted to score. I know everyone would have given me a pass on it if I hadn't taken it. But I'd have had the hump with myself if I'd shirked it.

I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.

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.

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.

I don't think Wayne Rooney would be affected if you booed him, that's just how he is, but others go under. They really suffer with it. I think I'm somewhere in the middle... now. I've become tougher as I've got older.

I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.

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.

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.

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

If you're going to be a man that reads the papers and takes everything as gospel truth, that's a sign of who you are, that isn't a sign of the reality.

I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.

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.

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

I loved being in America. It was a great experience. People will be drawn to China because of the money but the lifestyle, everything about America, I couldn't recommend it enough.

I loved reading Roald Dahl when I was young but I had forgotten a lot about the books. I read the 'BFG' on the iPad the other day and it was so interesting to see his descriptions of clothes and places.

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.

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

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

I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

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.

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

In terms of not retiring? I don't want to leave and think to myself, "Maybe I should have stayed a bit longer". I'm dwelling on it. I have turned down a few Premier League offers. But the fact is, after being at Chelsea for so long and a year with Manchester City, I don't want to get involved in a relegation dogfight.

I read Michael Caine's biography. It was about him growing up

I remember being in West Ham's youth team and seeing Jody Morris play for Chelsea at 17 and you scoring for Liverpool on your debut when you were 18. I was watching it on Soccer Saturday and I was like, "I can't believe he's scored!" It's professional jealousy. It's best to be honest about it. It gave me real desire. I was thinking "God I want that to be me".

I think about all my successes and failures and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.

I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true.

I think when you have spent the money that we have, it's bound to bring it's own pressure. The players have shown that they can handle that though.  (on Chelsea)

I've always been a city person - London boy - and New York is just incredible. It has what London has but almost more in terms of variety, culture, social life, everything. I just like walking the streets and feeling the energy and the vibe.

I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is.