I have always said you only get one shot in life as a footballer.
— Jordan Pickford
I always work hard on and off the pitch for the Saturday's game, and it's all about performing on a Saturday; that's why I work my socks off during the week.
You know yourself if you are doing well, and I think my form shouldn't be getting questioned.
I train hard every day in the gym and on the pitch to show what I can do on a match day.
I remember going for a drink of water, and one old bloke shouts, 'Hey you, young lad! Your grandad is under that grass!' I just turned around to him, gave him the thumbs up and said: 'Nae problem!'
I know I'm only 24, but I know in my head already I am mature, because I've got the right mental side of it.
Sometimes you can't help conceding as a keeper, but that's the whole reason you are there.
I'd travel to Alfreton for games, and my dad, Lee, would drive. I'd eat my pre-match meal in the back. Mam would make chicken and pasta, and she'd stick it in a tub.
Petr Cech has been a top keeper in the Premier League for the last 10-12 years. When you're growing up, you see him making these saves week in, week out. He's probably been the most consistent goalkeeper in these last 10 years in the Premier League, so you can't give him too much criticism.
I know if I have played well or badly. I always ask my dad, and he tells me straight.
Football doesn't bother me. I just enjoy it. It's when you have to go to clubs and sing and do initiations and all that stuff. That's when I get nervous.
I did a lot of lower league, and in lower league, you're not going to be playing out from the back; you're going to hit it long and try to get the second ball.
The gaffer Gareth Southgate knows I can play with my feet, but he knows the capability I have in goal as well. He has put the faith in me, and I had to repay him in the World Cup, and I think I did.
Coming into a new club, it's always exciting.
As long as you are set and in the right position, you give yourself the best opportunity. It's all about the crucial timing of a save, but it's also being in the right position at the right time.
The pitch is always going to be the same lines, same goal height. It's just a game of football.
When there are just 500 fans inside a ground, you can hear everything they say, every little word that is getting said. So that is what turns you from a kid into a man.
I've been a professional since I was a 17-year-old, over 200 league games from Conference all the way up to the Premier League now, so I think that's experience in itself.
Sometimes I was getting bored playing in youth games and in the reserves; I didn't think it was challenging. I always wanted to be challenged and better myself.
I've got power and agility. I don't care if I'm not the biggest keeper; I've got the power and agility to get around the goal, and I'm very good at it.
You've got to accept where mistakes will happen, and it's about not making the next one.
I watched football, but I was a kid who really preferred being out on the street with my mates playing hide and seek!
The more games you play, the more game management you learn.
A goalkeeper's mistakes are always crucial ones - or get talked about a lot.
It is nice when other keepers say, 'Well done for last summer.' Petr Cech said that. It is touching.
If you're not ambitious, there's no point in playing football.
Criticism doesn't affect me. It just makes me want to be better.
I never put myself under any pressure or anything. I embrace the moment, play in the moment, and I feel strong. Nothing fazes me; I just want to be myself.
I got a lot of games under my belt in the lower leagues, and I don't feel the Premier League or England is that much different.
I've crossed every bridge to become a Premier League goalkeeper, I think I'm going in the right direction and I think I'm mature as a goalkeeper.
It's the little things you remember. My mam, Sue, would take me to training in a taxi when I was a kid if Dad, who is a builder, had to work on a Saturday morning. You look back at the stuff like that and realise the sacrifices were all worth it.
There is always a case as a goalkeeper, if you make an error, it will lead to a goal.
I try not to do tricks because I don't want to be caught with it. It's a risk.
As a Sunderland fan, I loved Tommy Sorensen.
You don't want to get too comfortable if you're winning and start trying to be a number 10.
