Chris Smalling

All of us are professionals and no player wants not to play.

Football Beyond Borders is about learning, establishing new beliefs in an ability to succeed.

Everyone becomes a lot more focused when you come towards the critical stages of the season.

You just have to learn that you can't always go and win that ball and there are certain moments to do it.

It's hard to sit back and just go through your whole career, because everything's always moving so fast. But the odd milestone is always a nice moment, and when you look at the previous players to have hit those kind of milestones, it's nice to be in that company.

You know that without the whole team working together, it's a very hard job for the defenders, so everyone plays a part.

I think a lot of managers say that it starts from the front and us as defenders know it helps our job when the front two strikers put that pressure on. If they can do that it makes our job a lot easier.

You can't rest on six months of good performances because as soon as you have a blip, there is always another player to take your place.

We have to take a greater stand against discrimination of all kinds.

If they want to kick the ball up in the air, I will challenge all day long.

I've had many setbacks.

I didn't see myself playing regularly at right-back for Manchester United or making my England debut in that position.