Words matter. These are the best Millie Bright Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Obviously, everyone’s journey is different, and we all have different ambitions and beliefs as kids as to whether we’re actually going to be able to play in a World Cup and whether it can be a dream that can come true. For me and for my family, it’s very surreal.
Top players now will get bonuses for winning competitions or reaching various stages of them, scoring goals, or keeping clean sheets, but most don’t play football for the money, because it’s not been in the game that long. They do it for the love of playing.
For us, winning the World Cup is not enough. If you come into the squad, you are not just here for the moment, but you’re building that legacy for the next generation.
At the start, you don’t earn a great deal, so you have to work other jobs if you want to play football. When I was at Doncaster, I couldn’t solely do football. I had to work; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to live.
People that know me realise what kind of player I am. I’m a front-foot defender; I like a tackle, but I’m not malicious, and I don’t go in to hurt.
In tournament football, you cannot dwell on things for too long.
If you’re a footballer, your club should be able to help you with medical needs, and that’s where the women’s game gets a lack of respect. It doesn’t reflect well on women’s football at all.
I try not to overthink things. If you think too much, that’s when the mistakes come in. Keep it basic is what I’ve been doing well – winning my headers and making sure I win my one-v-one battles. Often, your natural instinct tells you whether to hold or go.
I was probably on a horse before the age of three. From a very young age, I could ride on my own, work, trot, you name it.
My mentality has always been focused around the mindset that you have to earn everything. So even if you get told that you’re going to play, I take that with a pinch of salt and respect all the comments, but for me, I have to earn my place.
Like many of us in the England squad, I wasn’t even born when the men’s team played Cameroon in the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup, so I couldn’t tell you much about that game.
I’m happy staying in the World Cup bubble with England and eliminating the distractions. Besides, I want to enjoy every minute of this unique experience, and I don’t want to look back and think that I was just sat on my phone.
I’d say I’m a front foot defender; I never hesitate to go in for a challenge. You have to get one over your opponent and dominate them.
I still can’t believe I’m going to a World Cup.
I don’t think I started kicking a ball until I was six or seven. Horses were my first love, so I was occupied with that.
The fans have been amazing at Kingsmeadow, and we’ve really settled in. It’s our new home, and we want to embrace that and perform for the fans.
I’m so proud to represent my country at a World Cup because lots of players don’t ever get that opportunity, including our manager, Phil Neville. He’s reminded us of all the hard work he put in to try and get there, only for him to never make it past the last hurdle.
You win the physical battle first, and then you win the football. If you try to do the football first and not the physical stuff, that doesn’t work.
You win physically, you get momentum, and you get a foot in the game by winning your tackles and being dominant in that area. Then you can start to make your passes.
You have to get one above your opponent; being on the front foot allows you to do that. It allows you to dominate them.
My grandad used to work in the mines, he’s retired now, but he’s been a big part of my career.
Pressure is always in the back of your mind, but that’s the pressure that drives you on and makes you perform to the best you can be.
I always love going home anyway; it’s where my roots are. I always like to go back. It’s a good reminder of where I started and the journey that I still have to go on to get where I want to be.
You have to make the strikers fear you. Make it difficult for them to get on the ball and go into different areas. That makes my job easier.
We see every game as a big game, and, as you know in tournament football, anything is possible. Each game, we want to keep raising the bar and lifting our standards and putting goals past teams.
