I want to continue to improve season after season, which I think I've done.
— Ross Barkley
You play football to enjoy the game and the manager wants to be happy on the sidelines watching unbelievable football.
I am thankful for everyone at the club that helped me, the fans, the coaches that I have had, the staff that have helped with injuries, I am really grateful to everyone at Everton. It was like a family to me.
Mum has been the biggest influence on me.
Everybody develops at different rates.
I used to be really fussy, I just used to eat chicken or steak. I didn't really eat fish, but I eat a lot of it now.
Chelsea are always competing to win things and that was my thought to push myself and reach a new level.
I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.
When you go through the youth system you're always going in to do analysis work, looking at every way of improving and your coaches are always on top of you.
My approach to games is much better and I am going into games with the right preparation and I am more relaxed, rather than thinking about things too much.
On derby day it's not down to form, it's on the day, who's prepared for the game and who wants to battle.
I have turned 25, come into my own and focused on improving at day-to-day level.
With each individual, everybody takes instructions in a different way.
When I broke into the Everton side under Roberto Martinez, I was playing in the No. 10 role, and I had never played there before, so I was getting used to that role as a first-team player.
You can always be more professional.
I feel I'm a player who entertains and gets people on the edge of their seats, as well as trying to be a game-changer who can win a game for the team.
I'm not scared when I'm on the pitch.
As a kid, I looked up to Gazza, and to Wayne Rooney because he came through at Everton. Zidane has been one of my favourite players and I was always watching videos of him.
I signed as an 11-year-old for Everton. I broke into the Under-18s at the age of 14, then the reserves at 15, then I was in the first-team squad at 16.
Everton means the world to me.
Mum used to have my sister to look after, so I had to make my own way to training. I would get a bus to town and another one to Netherton. It would take about an hour.
Day-to-day training with world-class players, there is no better feeling than that.
I was always a good cook from my mum showing me when I was a young lad, but hiring a chef helped me to understand food better.
I've added a bit more composure on the ball and defensively got a bit cuter and improved in one-on-ones.
I understand now the different games and the different approaches that you need to take at different times, with different styles of play.
It was hard for me to leave because Everton were my boyhood club. I supported them from when I was a young kid.
Compared to when I was 18, 19 or 20, I would say my diet is the big difference. It is much better.
I've matured, I understand the game much more, which can be natural as you grow up.
Hopefully I will continue to thrive.
When I was at Everton, I went through a lot of up and down spells, lacking in confidence.
I feel like I am ready to understand every aspect of the game.
You need to cut a few things out if you want to be the best you can be.
It's not me feeling pressure, it's just me putting pressure on myself if I don't do my best, and I know I can do better.
I'm the type of player who takes risks, so every now and then I'm going to give the ball away. I just have to learn not to do it in silly areas of the pitch.
My aim is to be a winner.
As a youngster as I was a centre-half, I liked being on the ball and coming out from the back. I took chances so I got put in midfield and then I was playing all over the pitch so adjusted wherever I needed to play.
You've seen players at Everton who have been built up but haven't made the grade.
I have had expectations on me from a young age and I have dealt with them.
I have got a lot of confidence in my ability now, and I feel like I am going in the right direction and this shows in my performances on the pitch. As a person I feel a lot more confident.
I believe in my ability and I believe that through hard work things will pay off and be good for me.
You can never stop learning in football and I'm always trying to take little things on board that other players do.
Some players are more fortunate than others to have coaches who are more focused on improvement.
We are not in the game to accept where we are at.
I'd like Everton to be known as the better team in Liverpool.
My first tattoo was when I was 14. I was a bit young, like. I was a big lad so they didn't question my age at the time.
The Premier League's the most competitive in the world.
In my mind I always think positive.
I know how important it is to take different tactics from different managers on board.
Partying? I don't really think about that.
I don't feel pressure.
