Top 55 Jordan Pickford Quotes

It’s never nice to make mistakes, but it’s just how you bounce back.

Sometimes, off the field you learn the most, becoming a better person, and nutritionally, I’ve worked a lot on it.

As long as I’m communicating and staying in the game, my concentration is always going to be there.

It’s my job to be a goalkeeper and keep the ball out of the net, and that’s what I’ve done. I’ve kept a clean sheet.

Criticism doesn’t affect me. It just makes me want to be better.

I know if I have played well or badly. I always ask my dad, and he tells me straight.

The more games you play, the more game management you learn.

I watched football, but I was a kid who really preferred being out on the street with my mates playing hide and seek!

As a Sunderland fan, I loved Tommy Sorensen.

It is never nice to see keepers make mistakes. All keepers talk about it, and we work very hard not to make those mistakes.

You know yourself if you are doing well, and I think my form shouldn’t be getting questioned.

The only way you’re going to get caps is by playing. I’ve played all the way through the age groups, and that was my experience. Now I’m on the main stage, and I’ve got to play to my strengths.

There is always a case as a goalkeeper, if you make an error, it will lead to a goal.

When there are just 500 fans inside a ground, you can hear everything they say, every little word that is getting said. So that is what turns you from a kid into a man.

I play in the moment; nothing fazes me.

I always enjoy football.

My mam and dad have brought me up well.

I would advise that if you can get out on loan and play football, it is the best path to go down.

I have always said you only get one shot in life as a footballer.

As a goalkeeper, you’ve got to have mental toughness, and that’s one thing I’m good at.

I’m just a normal lad.

I don’t practice many penalties! I don’t mind taking them but don’t really practice saving many.

I’ve got power and agility. I don’t care if I’m not the biggest keeper; I’ve got the power and agility to get around the goal, and I’m very good at it.

I’ve been a professional since I was a 17-year-old, over 200 league games from Conference all the way up to the Premier League now, so I think that’s experience in itself.

As a goalkeeper, you want to be the best, but you can only get better by playing games, making saves, and putting in man-of-the-match performances.

The gaffer Gareth Southgate knows I can play with my feet, but he knows the capability I have in goal as well. He has put the faith in me, and I had to repay him in the World Cup, and I think I did.

Sometimes you can’t help conceding as a keeper, but that’s the whole reason you are there.

You’ve got to accept where mistakes will happen, and it’s about not making the next one.

I always take my opportunities.

I wasn’t going to McDonald’s every week, but a nice pizza after three points isn’t a bad way to have it.

It is all about concentration, and the more games you play, the more you concentrate.

Getting the opportunity to become England’s number one was down to being at Everton, I believe, and being able to put in solid performances week in and week out.

Petr Cech has been a top keeper in the Premier League for the last 10-12 years. When you’re growing up, you see him making these saves week in, week out. He’s probably been the most consistent goalkeeper in these last 10 years in the Premier League, so you can’t give him too much criticism.

The pitch is always going to be the same lines, same goal height. It’s just a game of football.

I hate making mistakes, and I hate conceding goals, but I try not to beat myself up too much.

So long as I keep performing week in, week out for Everton, I will have the chance to stay England number one.

I’ve been critcised for going with my top hand, but as long as you save it, that’s all that counts.

I always work hard on and off the pitch for the Saturday’s game, and it’s all about performing on a Saturday; that’s why I work my socks off during the week.

I am always learning and always wanting to improve.

I try not to do tricks because I don’t want to be caught with it. It’s a risk.

I got a lot of games under my belt in the lower leagues, and I don’t feel the Premier League or England is that much different.

Football doesn’t bother me. I just enjoy it. It’s when you have to go to clubs and sing and do initiations and all that stuff. That’s when I get nervous.

No, I never go into a game with any doubts. I always feel confident in my ability, and hopefully I can be strong mentally.

I’m just a lad who likes playing football. I’m not bothered about anything else.

Sometimes maybe it just doesn’t go right in the game, but that’s football, and I think I’m definitely improving game by game, and getting more experience is good.

The Manchester City game is what the Premier League is all about. You have to thrive on those big occasions.

If you’re not ambitious, there’s no point in playing football.

I’ve saved a few penalties; I’m good at them.

I’ve crossed every bridge to become a Premier League goalkeeper, I think I’m going in the right direction and I think I’m mature as a goalkeeper.

As long as you are set and in the right position, you give yourself the best opportunity. It’s all about the crucial timing of a save, but it’s also being in the right position at the right time.

It’s the little things you remember. My mam, Sue, would take me to training in a taxi when I was a kid if Dad, who is a builder, had to work on a Saturday morning. You look back at the stuff like that and realise the sacrifices were all worth it.

We do about 600 saves in a training week, just for that one save on a match day. That’s why you’ve got to be in the game at all times.

England fans are a different class. When the fans are like that, it makes us even better and so much more relaxed.

The important thing is to react well to your mistakes.

I don’t worry about being the best keeper in the tournament. I just focus on being the best I possibly can for myself and for the team.