Women's sport is changing all the time, no matter what role you play. No matter what part you play in a football club, women are getting a lot more opportunities, which is really positive.
— Toni Duggan
I'm always bragging, always laughing with my Spain team-mates at Barcelona, saying I'll take 30 per cent possession and two goals - a win is a win. It's football.
Most coaches' attention to detail is very good; it's their job. They have to analyse teams, and they have to analyse their own team.
I think it's important that the English culture changes a little bit and we do start to go abroad and step out of our comfort zone.
I think you judge players and managers on how they perform at World Cups.
When I was 12, I was told I couldn't play with the boys anymore, and I was devastated.
I'd recommend for any little girl starting out to play with the boys as long as possible.
Yes, I've worked very hard and made sacrifices along the way, but I'm in the very privileged position of doing something that I love every single day - and earning a living from it.
I like the way Luis Suarez plays. When I was growing up, I was a Liverpool fan, and I watched a lot of him when he came to Liverpool. He did a really good job.
The competition for World Cup places is massive, and you can't just rest on what you've done in the past or anything like that.
For me, watching Sergio Aguero week in week out helps my game massively, and I'm sure the other girls would say the same about various other players.
In England, you might have a possession game of six v. six, and it's like headless chickens: people running around everywhere just trying to keep the ball and be strong in tackles. But in Spain, you always stay in your position. You're still in your shape for every drill.
When I was younger, I never thought I'd be brave enough to go and play abroad.
I didn't have role models to look up to because there was no access to them.
I think it is just something in my head that tells me to keep believing. Andy Spence, my manager at Everton, wrote me a little card before we came away and wrote at the bottom, 'Just remember, it only takes a second to score a goal.'
It's not just about going to play football abroad: it's a chance to live and work in a fantastic city like Barcelona.
I want to do the Atletico fans proud and hope that they will get behind me - together we can achieve great things.
The Cameroon fans always bring a good atmosphere.
Obviously, culturally, England's style of play is a lot more direct and physical. In Spain, they're a lot more patient, and they have the ball a lot more.
In England, you pass from A to B, and it goes to B, but in Barcelona, you have to go to D and then to F, and it really works your brain.
At Manchester City, the women are not second-class citizens in any regard. We are treated exactly the same way - it's a level playing field.
It's always something that's played on my mind, being an Olympian, so hopefully we get there and do the job at the World Cup.
I've been to Wembley before to watch Liverpool and Everton in the FA Cup semi-final in 2012. I saw the atmosphere there, and I didn't ever think women's football would be played in front of those crowds in my time.
Since I've lived in Barcelona, I've played a bit of padel, so maybe I'll become World Champion at that - joking, of course!
Anyone who plays professional sport for a living is extremely lucky, and that's my overriding feeling - I believe I have the best job in the world!
In Spain, they're doing something right because the attendances keep creeping up, and teams are getting the opportunity to play at the men's stadiums.
It's great for the little girls coming through the system now to have women to look up to because, when I was younger, my role models were more, like, Michael Owen and players from the men's team, but I get kids messaging me now saying they look up to me, and that's really touching for me, but it's great for the kids to have people to look up to.
I dreamt of playing in front of thousands of people as a kid, but I dreamt of playing in World Cup finals as well.
They've been learning technique since they were babies. That's their focus and emphasis. For example, in England, the day after a game is usually a day off or some gentle warm-downs, but in Spain, we come in and do really intense passing drills and technical work.
FC Barcelona are known all over the world for playing attractive football, and I naturally wanted to be part of that.
I'm trying to create a better pathway for the next generation.
As soon as central contracts came in, it meant that girls could give up their jobs. The main focus was football, and that's what it has to be.
I can remember, at the start of my career, there were reports of about 100 words here and there, and they would have got your name wrong or the name of the scorer wrong. It just wasn't taken seriously at all.
There will have been girls my age who stopped playing because of the spiteful things that were said to them.
I'm very fortunate to have worked at two unbelievable clubs, Manchester City and Barcelona, and I feel like I've really changed the way I look at football from being around and in those environments, so I feel really privileged.
If a club like Barcelona can do it, then why can't other clubs? It's amazing that we can be here alongside the men and the way everyone is integrated in the club. People aren't just walking past you going, 'Who's that?'
It was lucky I came from City; I'd say their philosophy is quite similar. Barcelona are a lot more advanced because they are the ones who created it, but they have a history of members of staff at Manchester City who worked here.
From a personal point of view, you want to be playing in every game, but when you have to cope with the heat, the artificial surfaces, injuries, and tactics based around the coach's selection, you can't do it all.
In Spain, when we're successful, we're on the front page of the newspaper. Every newspaper. But when we lose, we're slated, the same as the men. That's the level the game is at.
It was always our aim to raise the profile of the game, and I believe it's only going to get bigger.
Women's sport is embedded in the mainstream consciousness now, and that is a hugely positive thing. That's not to say that our sport can't get even more popular - because I think it can - but perceptions have definitely changed for the better.
I think when I first went to Man City, they weren't very professional. They were just starting out, and the men's team had just invested a lot into women's team.
We're no longer scared of these nations - the Germany, U.S.A., and Frances.
I think you've seen the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City - the top clubs - all now tapping into the women's market and developing that side of the club. It's great for women's football, and I look at how far we've come, and it's great to have teams like this.
I believe the girls should be better paid but not the same as the men.
I loved playing in England. But after a few years, I didn't find it challenging enough. I wouldn't say I was bored, but it was becoming too repetitive - playing with and against the same players year after year.
We've come a long way, but we've still got a long way to go, so we need to give our time to promote the game and be role models - to make the next generation see us and want to become us.
It would be a dream to go to my first World Cup.
At a club like Everton, we've always set our standards high.
The biggest thing that I've noticed since the move to Barcelona was announced is just how positive the comments have been. It was not just in the mainstream media, but also on social media.
