Top 55 Phil Jones Quotes

I want to stop goals going in the net.

We’re Man United, of course, we’re going to be interested in the best players in the world, I’d be pretty amazed if we weren’t.

Success for Manchester United is winning the Premier League, adding another trophy and having another good cup run is another one.

We are at a massive club here at Manchester United and if things aren’t going as well as they should be then there is always going to be people wanting to have a dig and a pop at you.

Winning the league is obviously something you dream of as a kid.

I have a wonderful family and wonderful friends.

I don’t know when I will peak and be at my best but I am learning every day and as long as I keep doing that I am happy.

Hopefully, I can stay in the Premier League for my whole career.

I tend not to read the papers or listen to what the pundits say about me.

I think England is the best league for me, for my style of play.

If you are enjoying your football, you see it on the pitch.

My understanding of the game has improved. The technical side has improved. All round I have improved in leaps and bounds at United. I learn something every day in training here and I am just loving it.

Schweinsteiger has got class, he’s won the World Cup, he’s won everything in the game and he’s got experience and that’s massive, especially at Manchester United.

You cannot build a partnership on four games.

That is all you can ask, for a manager to be honest and tell you how things are.

I think it’s brilliant to see players you’ve grown up with on the international stage come through to senior level.

Having more money allows you to play in a certain way, but that’s the beauty of the Premier League – there are so many different styles.

I think I’m more than capable of playing in positions such as right-back, centre-back and centre-mid.

I would never have dreamed of being able to lift the Premier League trophy.

When times are tough I am not one for just throwing the towel in.

I’ve said all along from day one centre-back is the position I feel most comfortable in but if I’m asked to play right-back or midfield I’ll go and do a job there.

Conceding just before half-time never helps.

I’d like to see myself as captain, but it’s a long-term goal.

I am not a player who goes on mazy runs – I like to defend. I like to do a job for the team.

When the chips are down, you see who the real fighters are. That is the beauty of Manchester United.

I just love to defend!

I only really set short-term goals because I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself.

I’m lucky, I’m lucky enough that I am strong mentally.

People have different opinions. They are entitled to that and as professionals we get on with it and forget about it and concentrate on what we do on the pitch.

It’s the striker’s job to put the ball in the net and it’s up to us to make important tackles and blocks.

There have been some terrific player’s names being bandied around that I am being compared to and that is great. I am just able, touch wood, to take it in my stride. That’s how I am. I am not embarrassed or pressurised by it. It is just great and I want to do as well as they did.

People want us to fail because we have won the league so many times. United won the league long before I was here.

Playing in midfield is a different ball game. You have to be on the half-turn all the time, have a different picture in your head of what is behind you and in front of you. Playing at right-back is different again.

I know when I step into midfield I have to sharpen my feet up and be more aware of what’s around me, at centre back it’s more about timing, positioning and communication.

We are under no illusions that we have no given right to win things, but winning the FA Cup is not enough.

I don’t care how good you are, teams can be put under pressure.

When you come into training in the morning, knowing that people are talking about you in the same breath as players of the Busby era, it is fantastic, but I can’t let it affect me.

I want to become the best I can be and be at my best for a good number of years.

I have always said that if I get a run of games and stay fit I know what I am capable of.

It doesn’t matter what anyone tells me, I know that I can rely on myself. It comes from my parents. They are the same strong-minded people as I am and I just don’t let anyone bring me down.

It always helps to play every game at the back with the same players. You get a good understanding of each other and how one of you works, and what positions to take up.

Zlatan has been fantastic. He’s one of the best characters I’ve played with.

Football’s football, it can change very quickly. I know that, I’ve experienced that many times.

When I was younger I used to get really nervous before games, so much so, you are almost throwing up before games.

I didn’t want to come from playing every week at Blackburn to becoming a bit-part player at United, but I knew I probably had to do that at the start.

The thing that’s stood out since I’ve joined United is the desire to win every single game. It means everything to win at this club. I’m just glad to be a part of it.

I have said from day one I see myself as a center back. But, if I am asked to play in midfield or at right-back, I am happy to do so.

Defending isn’t just about tackling and heading, it’s also about getting the ball down and playing – starting the attack from the back.

The manager picks the team and the team has got to go out and do its best.

People can assume and predict and it is up to us to prove them all wrong.

Training with world-class players week in, week out has only made me a better player and I’m thankful for that.

When I was younger you think you know it all and after games you probably just go for some food or sit on your PlayStation. Now I take it a lot more seriously and recover properly because I know I need to give myself the best possible chance to be as fresh and as fit as I can for the next game.

There’s different aspects of the game you have got to pick up along the way. I think I am picking it up fairly quickly and I’m learning all the time and I can only get better.

Lots of clubs showed an interest in me, but United just felt right; the whole club, the set-up. It wasn’t the fact that it was United, it was that I walked in here and met people, the staff and physios et cetera, and it just felt right.

I am not one who needs to be patted on the back every single day and told I am brilliant. Some players need that, I don’t.