Phil Jones Quotes

A lot of things, experiences I had, helped me to grow up and mature, both in terms of my football career and my private life too.

I have seen ups and downs. I am 10 films old. People say I have changed. But, I don't sense any change in myself. If I had to change, I would have changed in my second or third film.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

I'm always changing. I still have the same morals and values and foundation of who I was, growing up in Jacksonville, FL, but I'm such a different person from who I was when I was 17. You live and you learn and you grow.

How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more.

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

Everything that happens to you, I feel like it helps you develop as a person, as a player.

It always surprises me when people say, 'I don't regret one thing about my life. I wouldn't change anything because it's all led me to where I am today.' I would want to change certain things that have caused others pain.

I'm maturing as a person and as a player.

I left Arsenal because I wanted to develop and learn as a player and get to experience a new club.

Sunderland was a turning point where I changed from a boy to a man. It was definitely the right thing for me to go on loan to another Premier League club. It helped me beyond words.

You do grow, and you learn from your experiences, and that's obviously what happened to me.

As I'm getting older, I feel like maybe I need to grow up a bit.

I not only developed as a player in Germany but also as a person.

I'll always thank all of the teams I played for from the bottom of my heart because they all helped me grow as a person and a footballer, but the three years I spent in Naples were fantastic. That city gave me everything - my name, maturity, and international recognition. I get very emotional when Naples is mentioned.

I've been progressing as a player and as a person.

I have grown as time has gone on.

Since I left Atleti, I have improved my game with my feet considerably, and I have matured a lot as a person.

You kind of grow up and evolve in everything you do.

I'm in constant pursuit of growing and evolving.

The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose.

Everything that comes our way is so we can grow and evolve, and if we look at it like that, then we have the great opportunity to step into who we always wanted to be.

I feel very lucky to be making good work still. The confidence of youth, or that sort of competitiveness you get when you're 22 or 23, the impatience - that's probably been tempered. Hopefully I'm slightly better company.

Growing up means :propelling yourself forward into whatever lies ahead, one turn of the wheel at a time.

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.