Fran Kirby

I've got massive respect for Marta, I've loved watching her play, and I love seeing what she does on the ball. If I can try and emulate that in any way, then I'm going to be happy with it. ”

My mum is still present in my life. Every goal I score, I dedicate to her. When I am not doing well, I also think about her. ”

A lot of my life has been, 'Fran plays football.' But no, Fran is a normal human being, and I need to live my life. ”

It's what every kid dreams of: winning a World Cup for your country. There's nothing that will ever, ever beat that or even compare to it. ”

You see now more girls getting involved in their sports because they can see it on TV and see these people playing, and I think - the more and more it's exposed and is out there - it will continue to grow and grow. They watch it on TV and think, 'Well, that could be me!' ”

It's always in our mind-set to encourage young girls to get playing. The only way we can do that is being positive off the pitch, trying to engage as much as possible. ”

I want to make my family proud as much as possible. ”

I like to wear the same kind of boots that I've worn in training going up to the game so that I've got a feel for the boots. ”

I was playing at sixth form - training in the morning and going to the gym in the afternoon. I was doing my studying alongside it; then I'd go to training from eight to 10 at night. ”

I joined the international stage quite late. I didn't do many of the youth age groups, so to come into the senior team and to be offered a Nike deal - a very, very low Nike deal to start with - but I was jumping up to bite the woman's hand off to sign the piece of paper. ”