Dominic Calvert-Lewin Quotes

I’m not going to score if I’m out near the corner flag.

Every time we lose I just want to play the next one and win.

Every season you have to get better.

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

I was very fortunate to play in the under-20s and under-21s.

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

I have worked with a lot of different people who have helped me along the way.

We’re always quick to pigeon-hole players and say ‘he’s a targetman’ or a ‘spin-in behind man.’ But I think I can bring different aspects of the game and heading is one of my strengths.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

If you can imagine you have thought about something your whole life, and you have invested everything you have got into achieving that moment, and then the ball hits the back of the net for England and you are wearing the number nine shirt.

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

It’s a dream of mine to play in the Premier League and to make my debut.

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

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

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.

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

I believe in perfect timing.

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.

Football will chew you up and spit you out if you let it.

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.

As long as some players are getting fined more for showing an advertisement on their boxer shorts or whatever it is than other players are for being racist then that’s morally wrong and it has to change.

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.

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

Every player wants to start the game, especially me.

I am proud of myself for overcoming adversity.

I like to bring different things to the table.

If an England call came, I would be the happiest man alive.

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

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

I just have to keep scoring goals.

I like to think I have shown I am ready to live up to the expectations of being Everton’s number nine.

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

I have been playing football since I was eight so I know how to play football. But no-one can really prepare you for the mental side of things and having 40,000 fans saying you’re not a good player or you don’t belong.

It doesn’t matter where you come from.

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

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.

Some players hit the heights straight away, for me it’s been gradual improvement.

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

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.

Carlo has definitely had a positive influence on me.

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

We’re human beings, we’re still learning and still growing.

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 am a proud Englishman and proud every time I pull on the England shirt.

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

You could say heading is a dying art in football because a lot of games are now played tiki-taka on the grass.

It’s nice to know what I’m working on in training is coming off on the pitch.

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

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

I work hard in training and the ultimate goal is to get in the starting XI. All I can do coming off the bench is affect the game and score the goals so hopefully that puts a question mark in the manager’s mind.

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 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 read a lot when I was quite young and have been through phases when I have read less but it helps me stay in the zone when there is so much going on.

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 need to stay consistent, I don’t look too far ahead but just affect what I can affect. To be ready in the right place at the right time to put the ball in the back of the net.

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.

There here has been some exceptional players to wear the No 9 shirt for Everton. For me to get that number, I knew what it meant and I knew what was required.

Being in the best league in the world you are expected to score goals.

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

I enjoy being a presence in the box.

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.