Top 50 Ashley Cole Quotes

I want to continue to win things, hopefully something with England, and if I can score the winning goal at the World Cup, then maybe they will like me again.

To win the Premier League proves you are a top team.

I’m definitely playing the best football of my time at Chelsea.

I’d like to be a scout, go watch the games, and try and find a diamond in the rough.

I just play my football, and if I can help people, then I help people.

I have made mistakes and just have to live with it, but at the end of the day, I just want to play football.

I don’t like to speak. I like to keep myself to myself – quiet.

Soccer players in L.A. can kind of just walk the streets. They have bigger people to take pictures of. They see Sylvester Stallone walking down the street, I don’t think they are going to want an Ashley Cole picture, to be honest.

To put on an England shirt to represent your country is a great honour. That feeling never changes.

I just love football. I’ve always enjoyed doing it – being outside with my mates, getting really muddy and dirty and smelly. It’s something I always loved.

I’ve always had a good relationship with Mourinho.

People may say we got engaged too quickly or too young, but sometimes you just know it is right. That’s how it is with Cheryl. I don’t want anyone else.

I’ve got the chance to make history, and that means such a lot to me.

I love Chelsea. I’ve been here seven years now, and I’d love to stay here as long as I can.

I wanted to stay at Chelsea because we are always fighting and challenging for trophies. That desire and the will to want to win things have not gone.

A good coach is good in the management of his men; he gives all of his players the desire to fight until the last.

I do not fear the pressure to win because I spent 14 years in England always fighting for a starting spot, and that’s what I want to continue doing.

English players are probably scared to come abroad. They are in a comfort zone in England: that’s where we grew up; that’s where we played in youth teams.

Sometimes in the Champions League, I don’t think it’s always the best team that wins it. It depends on how you play on a certain day.

When you’re growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.

I watch football sometimes at home, but in my downtime, I play pool with my friends. Darts – I enjoy darts now, and when there is a game not coming up, I enjoy playing golf as well. I’m not very good at golf, but I enjoy being able to relax.

To be honest, I don’t think I’ve played bad for England, I’ve certainly not been as bad as some people say. That criticism has been hard to take. I don’t think I’ve let the country down too many times.

Of course you don’t want to hear racist chants, but sometimes, as a player, you have to take it.

I have been able to fulfil nearly all my ambitions at Chelsea. I have won the Champions League, the League, I have won FA Cups here, but you don’t want to stop winning trophies, and being at a big club, you are always fighting to win a trophy.

I don’t look too far ahead, to be honest.

My dad’s from Barbados, but I lived with my mum. She brought me up; my uncle took me to the football. I grew up in a white family, I’d say.

I’m so lucky to have had the career I’ve had and play with so many amazing players.

For me, above everything else, I want to win another title.

I don’t think it’s my personality to be going around telling people what I’m doing.

I’m not a goalscorer. It’s not my job. Everyone always tells me I’ve never scored. I don’t think I’ve had a shot.

My best memory was probably scoring a penalty against Manchester United.

I don’t do things to try and get publicity or anything like that.

At the end of the day, I’m human. I’m English – I was born here. Of course I’m a different colour from you, but I’m still human. The main thing is, I’m human – like everyone else. Because I’m a different colour doesn’t mean there is a difference.

I don’t dance! Only when I’m on holiday.

All I can do is try to show people that I can play well and try to change their opinion.

When you’ve got certain people like Jay-Z wanting to work with me, then it makes you think people do love me.

When I first came to Chelsea, I couldn’t kick the ball, and it was pointless, me playing, really. But I tried to play through the pain for the manager who bought me.

Gary Neville said he thought it was a waste of time playing for England because he has not won anything. I kind of understand where he is coming from. But the players we have here, a lot of them have won things and have the attitude that we need to win.

I wake up every morning new, free as a bird.

I’ve been to so many beautiful countries and never got the chance to see them.

I’m proud, privileged, and overwhelmed by how many times I’ve played for England.

Of course I’m a winner. I always want to win.

Everyone says it, but if you finish above United, you’re going to win the league.

No players want to hear their own fans booing the players, booing the team, but football is a hard game, and you can’t win everything.

I never think I want to go to another World Cup just to be in the record books again and play in six tournaments or four World Cups. If I am lucky enough to go, I want to go there to fight for my place and win something in an England shirt.

Of course it would be nice to go to another Champions League final and hopefully win it again one day, but for me, the Premier League is the best trophy to have.

I’ve not just played for England. I’ve done it for all the black players out there – to prove that they can do it.

You just want to play. You don’t think about the money, how many followers you’ve got on Instagram. You just want to make it. You don’t understand the demands, how intense it is at times – the scrutiny you’re going to get.

When I used to see things in the newspapers, going onto the pitch was the best way to get away from it.

In football, you can’t always have it your own way. You can’t always have the good times. You are going to have bad spells and periods when you are not playing well. It is something I have to deal with. I have learnt to deal with it.