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We've all had meetings with the referees. We're all clear with how VAR works, and ultimately, you want the rules to be fair.

We've had to pay to play. We've had to borrow kit. We've had to train on a Friday night. Maybe a lot of boys, given that opportunity, would slip away, whereas we've had the mentality to go, 'I really want this. I'm going to show that I can do this.'

At the end of the day, you've got a job to do, and that's playing football.

We'd love to be playing to five or six thousand.

It is a bit surreal when I'm out and people are having a look or staring or wanting selfies.

I want to be the best professional and the greatest role model I can be.

I'm very privileged to be a professional footballer, and I want to encourage more young girls to play.

Anything can happen in a cup final; that's what everybody likes about them.

It's going to be a massive honour to represent your country, if selected, for the World Cup.

The amount of TV exposure we have had and the attention women's football has got has been brilliant.

We want to be role models.

It's difficult because the men's game is so big and attracts so much money and sponsorship, and so it's always going to take priority.

We're doing a lot of work in schools getting girls to play football, breaking down any taboos there might be, and we're seeing them get interested and bring their families along, where they have such a good match day experience that they're coming back.

I think that what's happening is that girls are enjoying playing. It's a lot more acceptable, and now we have a Women's Super League with hugely dedicated female role models - really committed players who people can see are dedicated and training as hard if not harder than any male players - that's all progressing the sport.

We hope girls are inspired to start playing at a younger age and try to get to a World Cup themselves.

We always want to play and be dominant with the ball, but we respect the opposition.

Opinion of the sport is constantly getting better. Our semi-professional league is starting to change people's attitudes, and it'll get better as the years go on.

I know other people say that football isn't easy as a sport for girls, but my family and friends have always been really supportive.

The World Cup is what we've done all them hours for. It's why we give up normal life.

We have to be playing near-perfect football to go and win a World Cup.

The image of women's football has definitely changed. Now we've got to make sure it keeps developing.

We've got to make sure we keep the media attention on us; being on telly and in the papers gets people interested.

At Arsenal, we train for about two hours a day and are treated just the same as the men. It makes a big difference, and it gives young girls something to aim for.

Twitter's brilliant. It allows us to talk to fans and gets them to games.

Playing for England, it's a massive honour to wear the shirt anyway, but to come and play at Wembley Stadium, in terms of how women's football has developed, it's a massive opportunity.

We've got two semi-professional leagues; we've got many other leagues, more coaching opportunities for youngsters. You never had that when I was younger. You had to go and join in with the boys - that helped me as a player, but I think girls feel more confident playing with other girls of the same age.

Games don't come much bigger than playing the title holders with the chance to win the trophy yourselves.

Missing the chance to go to the 2007 World Cup was the biggest disappointment of my career.

We want to be the best in Europe.

You would obviously like to be on BBC2, BBC1 all the time.

I don't practise indirect free-kicks, but the technique and how I strike the ball I practise a lot.

I don't tend to carry much cash around, as I use my bank card whenever I can.

My mum and dad were always careful with money.

Mum stayed home to look after us, and Dad was an electrician, working long hours to support us. We never went without, but we did have to be careful.

My first job was working Saturdays in Sports Soccer in Newcastle. I only used to work three or four hours a week, so it wasn't a huge amount, but I do remember spending the first pay I got on a new pair of trainers.

We want to compete for every trophy at home and in Europe.

It's great to be able to bring the best players from other countries and that they want to play in our league.

It doesn't get much bigger than England v. Germany at Wembley.

The Olympics is one of the memories that will always be with me. It changed my life for the better.

I'm in such a privileged position to class football as my full-time job, to be captain of England, captain of Manchester City. I'm very lucky.

It's important I keep my feet on the ground and stay humble and still work hard.

I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there.

I've been playing semi-professional football since I was 14, really.

It doesn't get much more special than playing at Wembley in front of 70,000 people. It's definitely what dreams are made of.

My family have always been supportive of my career, whether it's the highs of the World Cup or when I was just starting out.

For the women's team, our job is to be professional footballers for club and country and be the best role models we can be.

I think people admire us for dedicating our lives to be professional athletes. But we need more people to come and watch club games; we need to encourage girls to play football from an early age.

As a full-time athlete, you put your body through a lot. A foam roller works like a self-massage to roll out the knots in your quads, your hamstrings, and your back so that you feel looser and more prepared.

Going to the gym is essential to the position that I play, but I also enjoy keeping fit and healthy in general.

Sleep is important; I try and get about 9 hours if I can at night, but I don't tend to nap during the day.

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