Top 55 Dominic Calvert-Lewin Quotes

I’m competing with myself every day in training to try and better myself, and going into games to try and score goals.

I’ve got to prove I’m good enough to play for Everton.

I just have to keep scoring goals.

As a footballer you’re so in a routine, and you do the same things every day.

I believe in perfect timing.

I’ve had my football education in the Premier League in the eyes of everybody to see.

If you’ve got competition for places then you always need to be on top of your game.

I think that idea is more an emphasis on being in the right place at the right time, not to say I’m a carbon copy of Inzaghi. I had a little YouTube of his goals, and watched a 15-minute reel of him, and obviously a lot of his goals are one-touch finishes.

When you’re a scholar at the academy of a professional club everything is quite nice and easy. Then suddenly you’re up against opponents who are playing to put food on the table and you realise it means that much more.

It was relief really, to know that I have scored on my England debut.

Of course there’s no place for racism in the game.

I’ve always felt I’ve enjoyed the physical battle and enjoyed the tough tests.

The only pressure I really feel is that which I put on myself.

If you get the cross in there’s always a chance I can head it into the back of the net.

Whoever scores the most goals, the Golden Boot is a by-product of that. I want to be seen up there, at that level.

With such a big number comes a great responsibility so I have to accept that on my shoulders and live with what comes with it, good and bad. It is not a burden, it is just part and parcel of being a No.9.

It’s what you dream of as a kid, playing for your country and winning a World Cup.

It’s definitely not an overnight success. There has been a lot of work, effort and concentration to get where I am now. I’ve gone through different experiences, good and tough, to mould me into the player I am now.

My leap is something that I’ve always had. I’ve always been able to jump high.

My target from a young boy is to try and reach as far as possible and achieve as much as I possibly can.

You can score goals at youth level but men’s football teaches you things. It teaches you real football and you realise that this game is sink or swim.

I’ve always believed in myself.

I’ve got self-belief.

I think I want to become more rounded, I want to keep honing my skills and fine-tuning the qualities that I have. And scoring more goals – every striker wants to score more goals.

It’s very difficult, but if I’m talking from my personal view and what I do as a job, which is playing football, how the Premier League and football handles racism should be with great severity because there’s no place for it in the world.

If you want to wear a suit for no reason, why not?

No matter how good you are, or what level you get to, there’s always going to be people that don’t think you are very good or have their opinion to say.

I can’t really affect anything else other than when I’m on the pitch, so I try and concentrate on that.

I would have to say my best moment as an Everton player would probably be making my debut against Arsenal, coming on to such a good atmosphere as well. I was on the pitch when Ashley Williams scored the header and I remember he ran the full length of the pitch, and me being quite new I chased him all the way.

To have a manager who has worked with top players, top strikers, who have played in my position, it’s always nice to know that when he is giving me information, he’s coached these players before so it’s important I take it on board.

There’s a difference between setting goals and trying to live in the future before it even happens.

You can’t play for Everton if you can’t handle the expectation because the fans love the club so much and I have played in some tough European away nights at a young age when things have not gone very well.

I always knew to warrant a call-up for my country, it was important that I was doing my job, and that is scoring goals.

I love where I am and the position I am in and I love playing for Everton Football Club.

I always believe you will end up where you are meant to be.

If I believe I’m still a young kid, it’s hindering me. I am leading the line for Everton so you have to grow into your shoes and carry that weight on your shoulders.

Everton have had great centre-forwards in the past – they are big boots to fill.

It’s always hard sleeping after an evening game because you have a lot of caffeine for the game and the adrenalin is still going around your body. You go to bed and realise you’re still wide awake.

I am just happy to hit the back of the net.

There are times you start to doubt yourself a little bit but you have to snap out of it.

Carlo has definitely had a positive influence on me.

As footballers we are in a really privileged position so it’s good to give back to the community.

I have been guilty of running here, there and everywhere and not being enough of a goal threat. As a striker, you are judged on your goals.

I went to Everton, and it’s levels – the higher up you get, you are under more and more scrutiny as a football player. You have to learn to deal with it at that scale and gradually progress to be able to deal with it at an even higher scale.

I don’t think you’ve ever done enough to guarantee a spot at the Euros.

I’m a student of the game and a fan of football so I enjoy watching other centre-forwards.

Being in the best league in the world you are expected to score goals. I am disappointed when that doesn’t happen but that is not to say I’m not working on it and trying to improve every day.

I’d gone through a lot of ups and downs and learnt from a lot of experiences as a young player joining Everton and playing under pressure.

I’m a big admirer of Raheem and I think that he’s a big role model for people like myself, young black people and young people as a whole.

I have got people around me who will help me keep my feet on the ground. That is the way it has always been.

The Premier League is a competitive league where strikers can be brought in for x amount of pounds and it might block your pathway as a young player. To go abroad, if it gives you the opportunity to play at the highest level in that country then I think it’s a no-brainer.

I don’t think you can ever plan for how you feel or how it is going to be when you first get called up for your country.

I am proud of myself for overcoming adversity.

A lot of my goals have been one-touch finishes so it’s about getting in the right areas and being the man to put them in the back of the net.

It is a dream come true to wear the No 9 shirt.