Alex Scott

When I was in the GB Women's football team at the 2012 Olympics, it was obvious who was in the first XI and who was making up the numbers. Kelly Smith was going to be first-choice striker no matter what, and the other forwards in the squad mentally checked out as a result. ”

Sure, I do feel I am an ambassador for women's football. But that hasn't changed. It's been like that since I started at eight years old. I'm still me. ”

We don't really compare ourselves to the men's game or what they do. For us, it's about trying to get more people involved in the women's games. ”

Women are the same. We watch football; we play football. Why wouldn't we be out there giving our opinions on the sport ,too? ”

I don't want to be regarded as a female pundit. I'm a pundit. ”

I like the way Frank Lampard articulates, like the fact Jamie Carragher really does his homework and the way Rio Ferdinand has been able to show his personality while giving those insights. ”

If my dog Ella, named after the Rihanna song 'Umbrella', could be with me at all times, that would make me happy. ”

When I started, when I was eight, I never thought I would make a career out of being a woman footballer. ”

I didn't want to come to the end of my career and think, 'What next?' ”

I have played in matches where individuals have frozen and gone into their shells: they don't want the ball, they don't communicate, and they don't do their jobs. Fear turns them to stone. ”