Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

Me and my girlfriend don't have any family in Ipswich, so we were thinking of what we could do to fill our time on Christmas Day. We thought about feeding the homeless and we phoned up the church that we eventually went to and asked if we could help.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I buy sleeping bags, food, gloves and warmers, and I just usually go out in Bath, which is where I'm from, and hand them out. I've done it on Christmas Eve, schedule allowing.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I struggle to see myself as Tyrone Mings the Ipswich footballer. I'm just Tyrone from Chippenham.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I think if you're not conceding so many goals, it gives you a great platform to win games.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I couldn't see playing for England at all. I had other goals at the time when I was a mortgage advisor and had different goals when I was playing non-league football.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I lived in a homeless shelter. That's what I mean when I say I've been in situations where people need help. I don't remember my exact age, but I remember there were two bunk beds and five of us in there: me, my three sisters and my mum.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

In moments of difficulty there are positives you can take and lessons you can learn.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I have never pulled a muscle and I don't see myself as a person who needs to try and stay fit. I just need to play games and you can never replicate that in training.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I can't say that while I sat at my desk cold calling or trying to help people re-mortgage that playing for England was a real achievable goal.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

Whenever you're playing in the Championship or League football, you know there are play-offs at the end of it. If you miss out on the top two, it's a great alternative to play in a play-off final.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I've got two discs at the bottom of the back that are quite badly damaged, that obviously happened over a period of time, and there's inflammation on one of the vertebrae as well, which has come from the angle of my pelvis and spine.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

Kids will never go under the radar any more because there are so many scouts at grassroots level. Also, if you come out of a professional academy, it's a very lonely place for a child and some kids don't bounce back from it.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

If you are in any position of influence, then it's almost your duty to try to help. If people don't have the ability or opportunity to help themselves, then sometimes it's got to come from someone who can.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

Coming out of a club and going into a new one is never easy.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I've been in a lot of unfavourable situations growing up, so I know what it's like to need help.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I just want to enjoy my football and hopefully that brings success to the team.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

If you make one thing your life and soul - as much as football is my career and main focus - then it turns into a very mentally unstable place to be.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

If we have poor coaches, that's a reflection of me and a reflection of what we think we can give to the kids.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I think I missed out on so many good experiences - maybe priceless experiences - playing with my friends when I was growing up.

Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings

I was in an academy from the age of eight. I couldn't play for my grassroots team then.