Jude Bellingham
I was never really too interested in football. It was something that I got dragged around to because my dad was a non-league player and a big fan of it. One day it clicked and I just loved it - I went from strength to strength as a player.Collection: Strength
My mom, my dad are two huge role models of mine because of the way they've obviously carried themselves, the things that they've had to face in their own journeys.Collection: Mom
When I'm alone, there is nothing else in my head except football.Collection: Alone
I'm always learning.Collection: Learning
That non-league style of toughness and being gritty when you need to be is reflected in my game, and I do think that comes from watching my dad play - even though he never tackled!Collection: Dad
I'm never too interested in what people say because, honestly, people's opinions change like the weather. One minute you're the best, the next you're not ready.Collection: Change
The biggest part of leadership is that you lead by example with your performance first and foremost.Collection: Leadership
I think you can see in the way I play that I've watched the game from a young age.Collection: Age
My mom is certainly one of my heroes off the pitch, if not the biggest one.Collection: Mom
You can overthink things, but I think you come to terms with it quickly because you can't change it, whether you like it or not.Collection: Change
The goal has always been winning.
I'm always quite confident that I can achieve the things I want to achieve.
I was always really harsh on myself, and I think that's probably why people had to try to keep me positive.
Both my parents are working class and filled me with the things you need to get along; not giving up, working hard, putting in the graft to go out and get something. I've seen the way they interact with people and how they treat them. When you have people like that, you don't have to be told how to behave.
I feel like off the pitch, I'm a nice guy but when I get onto the pitch, something kind of takes over me, to be honest, I feel like you've got no friends out there except the ones wearing the same kit.
I've said in many interviews how much I admire Zinedine Zidane.
I'm in control of my own destiny, I suppose, and my own development if I put the work in.
A club like Madrid and its fans and the people who work for the club deserve to have trophies every year.
I speak a lot about my parents and the people that have kind of brought me up in football and not just in football, but in life as well.
I've always said I'm not that great a player.
I think you create the pressure yourself through lack of preparation and confidence.
I play the game purely out of love.
I just want to be Jude and go on my own path.
In my heart, I am still a 22 but just wearing five on the back.
I'd always been aware of the interest from England so that was pretty normal. It was a bit of a surprise when my dad sat me down and said: 'You've had a bit of interest from Real Madrid.'
I think when you've got the dog, you're just born with it, really. The way I was raised in football, you had to have that dog in you a little bit and I go into the games knowing every game's a war and you got to be up for it. I think that's something I have.
I want to provide assists, score goals and perform well.
We talk about footballing heroes, and my dad was like my first. When you go and watch him play every week in non-League, you know it's not the Premier League or anything, but seeing the way that he played and the atmosphere, it made me fall in love with football so he was probably my first hero.
I would love to be naturally both-footed.
Luckily, I don't lack confidence and I always try and stay prepared.
My mum is the best woman in the world in my eyes.
The pressure I put myself under is bigger than any price tag.
I want to progress, I want to get better and it really helps when you play with top players like Declan alongside you.
I am really respectful.
When you find somewhere that's the best place to be, you kind of ignore everything else, you know what I mean?
Anyone can make a mistake in their line of work.
I'm definitely not an apprentice anymore.
I'm just trying to contribute in a Jude way.
People are always saying to me how mature I am, and I don't really see it personally.
I think any footballer just wants to play football.
My game reflects my origins. It's a working-class style, because my game is based on energy and hard work.
To not rate me as a player or even dislike me as a person is fine with me. But how someone can use my race and disgraceful stereotypes to criticise a decision I've made for my career is beyond me.
I was simply challenged very early to learn to read a game. Offensive and defensive. That helped me a lot in retrospect.
Football's my life, really.
There's not a single job in the world where you deserve to be criticized with racism.
If the records come, then brilliant, but really my job is to win football matches.
I'm a footballer and not a lawyer or an accountant and my job is to take care of business out on the pitch.
Money's not a thing for me.
My mum keeps me grounded, she's always there for me and I can't thank her enough for everything she's done for me.
It's not for me to sit here and say everyone has to get vaccinated, it is personal choice... obviously I want everyone to be safe, so I'd probably advise them to get it.