I never thought I would not play for my country.

Ross Barkley

Categorized in : Thought Never Country Play

To be given a fresh start at a new club like Chelsea, it's unbelievable for me.

fresh new start me

Bad days don't always stay.

bad-days stay bad always

You have to go through bad days to get to the great days you have in your career.

bad-days bad great you

I feel like I am ready to understand every aspect of the game.

i-am feel game understand

In my mind I always think positive.

think always mind positive

It was a big decision to leave Everton and it took me a lot of time to think over.

think me decision time

I'm Ross Barkley and I've got to create a better version of the player I am and show what I can do, not try to be like someone else. That's part of what I hope I can achieve here, to make people aware of who I am as a player and show everyone what I can do.

i-am better hope people

Every manager has their own way of approaching games.

manager own games way

If things aren't going well there's always going to be pressure that comes with it.

well things always pressure

It's all about success, winning trophies.

about trophies winning success

I am obsessed with improving.

am i-am improving obsessed

I want to get to a level where I am regarded as one of the best and coming to a club like Chelsea gives me the right platform to improve.

i-am best me want

I want to be regarded as a world-class midfielder.

regarded world-class want

I have got to a level where I feel I needed to make the jump to Chelsea and push myself and get myself to a better level and playing with world-class players here is only going to help.

jump feel better myself

We can all improve.

improve

We have to improve at club level - and at the international level, there is a lot of room for improvement.

room level club improvement

We all go through difficult spells.

through go spells difficult

I'm a striker. I feel I can have my greatest impact there because I'm free to roam around the pitch, take players on, have shots and create chances.

feel free impact i-can

I believe in myself and I know what I can do.

myself know i-can believe

I just focus on getting better every day, putting things right in training and then hopefully what I'm doing right in training I'm doing to show in games as well.

better day training focus