Top 70 Mason Mount Quotes

Christmas means a lot to me as me and my family have always been together celebrating, it is a big thing for my family.

I think Barca and Iniesta were a big part of me growing up, looking at those as role models.

I know the focus on my performance or the team’s performance is on the pitch. We’ve got to do what we have to do on the pitch. What comes with it off, it doesn’t bother me too much.

I’m going to learn from every obstacle.

You don’t want to be the boy leaving Chelsea, you want to train like every session is your last session because you know you always have to prove something to people.

I’ve varied between playing a bit more forward in a No 10 position but I always kind of see myself as a No 8.

In a couple of games there have been players who have man-marked me, but that is down to me learning what I can do when those situations arise, getting in better positions.

I always want to play every game.

I’ve played midfield my whole life.

I don’t really look too much into the social media side. With the fans not at the stadiums, a lot of people have got a lot to say on social media. I try to stay off it even if we’ve won the game or lost the game, it doesn’t really matter to me.

Once you get that feeling of winning something and performing at the highest level, you gain that extra confidence to help you set new targets. That is something I have always done, mentally-wise.

Watching David Beckham and Ronaldo scoring all these free-kicks, I was in awe.

The two years out on loan were about trying to get experience and work as hard as I could to make sure when I came back I could give myself the best chance to get back to Chelsea and get in the team. That was my goal.

Going on loan certainly helped me, speaking to players who’ve been in the game longer than me at that young age, especially at Derby.

The mentality side of football is massive.

When I was in the academy I might have done a little trick here or there or a step-over, but as you get older I learned in the Championship, my first real experience of it, they don’t always come off and experienced players are going to read it.

I had a season of U23s football and I played in almost every game. For me, at that time I needed to move on. I didn’t need to play another year of U23s and it wouldn’t have helped me.

Frank was an example throughout my career at Chelsea, and throughout my career as a midfielder. When it comes to scoring goals as a midfielder, you look at Frank Lampard as a role model.

I went to Holland and had a good season where I learned a lot about a different type of football. And then going to the Championship. We all know what that’s like, how tough it is. And that added a different part to my game.

I learned so much and my mentality got so much stronger living away from my family.

I’m always someone who wants to strive to prove someone wrong or show something that maybe they haven’t seen.

In the Championship you do take tackles where you think, ‘OK, he is putting one on me to prove a point.’ They want to try and get in your head, ruin your performance. It doesn’t bother me.

When you are putting that pressure on yourself to win the Premier League, every game brings pressure, every point counts.

I thank my family for everything.

There are so many people who have helped me along my journey, too many to name really, but most important were my family.

The focus is trying to get the three points every game.

My family have always said: ‘Don’t worry about the pressure side.’ I’ve always stuck to that.

It’s such an honour to represent your country. It’s the pinnacle of the game so when you come to a major tournament, it’s always playing on your mind about what the opportunity can be and what you can achieve.

Every off-season you look at what you can improve on. So you come in for the new season fresh and ready to go again.

I think there is pressure on every game, we are England and are always looking to win every game and the performances we look to put in have to be top quality.

When you reach the senior game, you can still be someone that leads by example but you can’t just be that.

The Premier League is definitely a big step up but you’ve got to be ready.

That was always something I remember, playing in loads of different positions when I was younger, and learning about what it takes to play a right-wing role, or holding midfield, or as a striker. I had a lot of experiences in those different formations and positions.

A free-kick is a very tough technique and it’s something I’ve always worked on.

For someone to say your son has a life-threatening illness only on the phone is hard to believe.

It helps being a fan of a player and then playing against him because you know what he likes to do.

To be called up to England, to play at Old Trafford and then to come and play at the Bridge, there’s so much experience I can take away.

I’m versatile and I can change positions. That’s what the modern game is about.

In the modern game, you have to be ready to change if the other team are tactically different to what you have prepared for.

The Champions League is on another level. The games feel different.

Growing up I was always small. I think growing up through the academy and being the small one, you get that technical side of the game and you are learning from bigger players.

A big focus of mine is about what I do on the pitch.

My development at every age group was good. If I was playing in one age group, I always wanted to play the year above.

I know how much the FA Cup means, especially to everyone in England. It’s such a big competition.

It is about getting into the box more, being more clinical, the final pass. It is about really putting that pressure on myself to be someone who creates.

I don’t really get the opportunity to wear many suits.

A Ballon d’Or nomination is one of the best things you can achieve as a player but I want to achieve more and more.

I always believed that I would make it to the first team through hard work and determination and I didn’t let anybody get in the way of my focus, even my dad when he had questions.

I’m a big self-critic and I know there is room for improvement.

We need to keep doing the basics well.

The most important thing for me is that I continue trying to hit the levels I’ve hit before and go even further.

Every day we need to get better, on the training ground and when we play. It takes time.

I have had a lot of boos in my short career, that is obviously from away fans or home fans!

I’m very headstrong and I don’t really let too many things get to me.

When you are putting on that England shirt there is pressure to perform, but if you have been around it from a younger age I think you become ready for it.

I feel like I can play in any position and I just want to understand, more and more, different positions.

Chelsea is the main goal for me, I want to play in their first-team.

Any goal I’ll take it, especially at Wembley, anyway it goes in.

The Ballon d’Or presentation will be the first time I’ve ever worn black tie!

Fans don’t forget anything do they?

That has alway been the goal. To be the best in the world, to win major tournaments.

You have to create your own atmosphere.

I never saw myself as a prospect, it was always about playing as much football as I can.

We just try to focus on ourselves and how we can improve, what areas of our game we can do better in.

I think of the passion that the country has – not just for football but the passion everybody has to be from England. That’s how I am as well.

I’m a player that wants to do their best for the team and work hard. And maybe people take that the wrong way, I don’t know.

I’ll keep getting better and better.

I am always trying to improve.

It’s a big moment for me personally to score three at home at Stamford Bridge, it’s very special.

Dad’s very hard on me and is my biggest critic, so 10 is always going to be the target. He has said that my whole life. If you are averaging 10 goals as a midfielder, you are having a good season.