In modern day football, you've got to play in different positions. I've played in numerous positions, apart from centre-back and goalkeeper, I think.
— Ashley Young
I've always got that determination, to get back in the squad and get back playing.
You don't enter a competition not to win it.
That's the club's way, the United way. Never say die.
I'm just concentrating on my football. I'm not thinking about the length of my contract.
I want to be creative, to get on the ball, to play.
I am one of those players who has many scars up and down my legs from being kicked, but I know I have a job to do, and beating my opponent is my goal.
You want to be in touch with the fans. The fans want to get to know your personality and character.
When Martin O'Neill spent £9m on me to take me to Villa, it was a massive boost.
If I'm asked to play a certain position, I'll do it 100 per cent.
I want to play every game.
Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.
There's no better feeling than coming off the pitch knowing you've won the game.
It's never easy in the Champions League, but you never know what can happen.
It is always disappointing to obviously concede.
Kids ask me about what they should do to make it, and I tell them, 'Just get your head down and work, work, work.'
I've always said that when you pull on an England shirt, it's a proud moment, and it's an honour to play for and represent your country.
I've always said, when you join a club like United, it's a tough place to play at. But if you play and train and give 100%, then get your opportunity - I've always said you always get your opportunity there.
A lot's been said about me playing for three different managers.
I've always wanted to represent my country. It's an honour to do so, and whenever I get that chance, I'll keep doing it.
As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.
I just want to do well in every game that I'm picked to play.
I enjoy having a challenge.
I think age is just a number - if you are young enough, you are old enough - as long as you are good enough, age shouldn't come into it.
To play at Wembley for my country is just incredible.
I was at Watford and got a knock-back when I was 16 and didn't get a YTS contract. They said I could find another club or go in and train three times a week after school. I'd been there since I was 10, so I got my head down and proved them wrong. Within a year, they had signed me up, and I haven't looked back.
Things can be dissected too much. It's football. Go and play.
I'll relish playing at Wembley in a major cup final. It's a great achievement for me, and it's why I became a footballer, because I want to win medals.
I've been a versatile player since I started playing football.
If you are in the team, there is always going to be someone biting away at your heels trying to get in.
I'm a versatile player, can play in numerous positions, and I have a good football brain, even if it is getting older.
I've always had to fight. Throughout my life, it's been a fight to get to where I am now.
As I've got older, the nerves aren't there anymore; they just left one day when I was at Watford. I only feel excitement now, whatever the game.
As you get older, you start to read the game more, and as your brain starts working more, and as you get a good footballing brain, your legs start slowing down!
I've shown I am deserving to be in the England squad, but I don't just want a place in the squad; I want to be in the team.
Things happen on football pitches. Once the game is finished, you don't need to talk afterwards. That's just how it is.
Everyone has got to be prepared and ready to play when the manager calls on you.
Different managers play different systems, and you've got to be able to play in different positions.
It's up to me to use my brain, be clever, find the pockets of space, and get on the ball.
When you play for Manchester United, the pressure's on every week.
Of course I have aspirations and ambitions to play for my country.
I like to spend time on freekicks after training.
I can play in six different positions where managers can trust me. It must give them food for thought knowing I can do a job in different positions.
A lot of youngsters in the game think they've made it before they've done anything. But at United, they're given that winning mentality and an ethos of always trying to improve.
If I've gone to get a takeaway, and I get chips... I like to match up the chips in length. That is actually quite weird. Obviously, if I've got chips, I pick them out in twos. That's a weird thing as well. You know, if they're not the same length, well, I go hunting for the same length in chips.
I'm confident in my own ability, and if I'm called upon to play on the right, the left, or as the main striker, then I can play there.
It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.
When you lose a game, there's obviously disappointment, and you want a game straight away.
I had the brain for football, but I didn't have the height. So I started using my brain to overcome those weaknesses and discovered football isn't just about size or power: it's about what's up there. That was the making of me.
I've played at a European Championship; to represent your country at a World Cup is every boy's dream, and for me, it would definitely be a dream come true.
