With each individual, everybody takes instructions in a different way.

The Premier League's the most competitive in the world.

I have turned 25, come into my own and focused on improving at day-to-day level.

I've matured, I understand the game much more, which can be natural as you grow up.

I'd like Everton to be known as the better team in Liverpool.

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.

We are not in the game to accept where we are at.

It was hard for me to leave because Everton were my boyhood club. I supported them from when I was a young kid.

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.

Some players are more fortunate than others to have coaches who are more focused on improvement.

I understand now the different games and the different approaches that you need to take at different times, with different styles of play.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

You can never stop learning in football and I'm always trying to take little things on board that other players do.

Chelsea are always competing to win things and that was my thought to push myself and reach a new level.

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.

Everybody develops at different rates.

I have had expectations on me from a young age and I have dealt with them.

Mum has been the biggest influence on me.

You've seen players at Everton who have been built up but haven't made the grade.

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 play football to enjoy the game and the manager wants to be happy on the sidelines watching unbelievable football.

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 want to continue to improve season after season, which I think I've done.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Each individual has their own pre-match ritual and pick off the menu. But I usually have a bit of pesto - either spaghetti or penne. On game-day I'll add a bit of meat to it and maybe some greens.

I've added a bit more composure on the ball and defensively got a bit cuter and improved in one-on-ones.

In my mind I always think positive.

I'll keep improving with more games.

If I do well at Chelsea, then the national team will take care of itself.

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.

My aim is to be a winner.

When you have got a new manager you have got to impress and get used to what he wants really quickly.

I believe I can hit the 20 goals a season mark.

Now and again there are a few cookies going around the training ground. If we have played a game I can afford to have one.

Hopefully I will continue to thrive.

I am obsessed with improving.

I believe in my ability and I believe that through hard work things will pay off and be good for me.

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.

I achieved my dream of playing for Everton, from a young age I always dreamed of scoring for Everton.

I was very young when I got my tattoos. I was 16 when I got my full sleeve - I rushed into it.

Day-to-day training with world-class players, there is no better feeling than that.

I don't feel pressure.

Compared to when I was 18, 19 or 20, I would say my diet is the big difference. It is much better.

Coming to Chelsea was a big challenge for me.

As a young lad it's been your dream to play football and you get injuries and you've got to respond well to them and work really hard, because it's your dream to be on the pitch.

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.

When you get your chance, you just have to be ready and believe that chances will come, that you are going to step forward and produce.