Top 40 James Maddison Quotes

Players judge their careers based on medals and trophies, don’t they, and they look back on what they have achieved.

I was a Manchester United fan.

I got to play first-team men’s football from a young age.

I like to chip in with goals because I’m an attacking player, and that’s what an attacking player should do.

All the moves I’ve made have come after I sat down with my family and my agent and thought what was the best move. I’ve never rushed into something, never gone anywhere where I wasn’t sure 100%.

I have always been comfortable in possession, but it is tracking and tackling that I have been working on.

In the Premier League, you don’t have one second to breathe – you have to be on it from the first minute. If you lose focus – just for a few seconds – the game will pass you by. It’s 100 miles an hour.

I feel like I’m quite harsh on myself.

One of my biggest attributes, if you speak to my coaches from when I was a young lad, is that I’ve always believed in my own ability and been a confident young man.

I started lower down the leagues with Coventry, so I’d had that taste of first-team action at a young age. I’d already played 40 or 50 games before moving on, and when I got to Norwich, I had to bide my time at the start.

It was tough to go to Norwich and not play after doing well at Coventry.

You base your career on success.

I like playing in the later stages of games because there is more space when everybody’s legs are tired.

I’ve been brought up in a really lovely family, so I’m lucky.

Derek McInnes gave me that platform to showcase what I can do, so I’m thankful.

Every footballer wants to play in big games, in front of full houses, live on the telly.

I still pinch myself when I see myself on ‘Match of the Day’ – it’s at times like that you realise how far you’ve come.

There are quite a lot of young players around now with undoubted talent who get stuck in academies at big clubs.

I’ve always believed in myself.

I go into each game with the same mindset of showing people what I can do and letting the rest take care of itself.

The ball is just whipped off you in the Premier League. You have to maintain focus.

The Premier League is the toughest league in the world, so it’s never going to be easy to get minutes.

I’ve dreamed of playing in the Premier League since I was a young boy.

I like to get the fans off their seats, and hopefully I can do that.

I don’t think you can ever get bored of winning awards.

Norwich is a brilliant platform for me.

Me being at Coventry, instead of a big Premier League club, probably helped me develop. You don’t get put in the academy system, playing Under-18s and Under-23s.

I’d like to think I’m an attacking creative midfielder who can assist with goals.

I will try to showcase what I have to offer.

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, ‘He knows he’s a good player,’ but without taking it to that level where it’s, ‘He’s an arrogant so-and-so.’

Playing in the Championship and starting games, I’m learning something new every day and constantly improving my game.

I play the number ten role but also off the side or deeper.

I was always smaller than the rest coming up at Coventry, and I developed physically more in the later stages.

Dele Alli is probably the perfect example. He played loads of games for MK Dons at a young age. He got a move and kicked on from there because he had that experience behind him.

It definitely toughens you up. It makes you mature from a young age, living away from home.

You should always want more. If you get comfortable with what you have done, you can never go to that next level.

I’ve had to make lots of sacrifices, particularly off the pitch.

I learnt so much at Coventry – I was playing as a regular at 17, most weeks. And that’s something that left me in good stead.

Coming on as a sub, it’s always different – you never know what the game is going to be like.

I started in League One and went up into the Championship and then into the Premier League, so I’ve played a lot of games from quite a young age.