Jordan Pickford has vowed to keep on improving and believes there is no point in playing football if you don’t have the passion and desire to win.
Pickford kept another clean sheet as England beat Albania 5-0 on Friday before he was rested for the win over San Marino on Monday night.
While for the Blues, Pickford has been in fine form so far this season and kept his 50th clean sheet for the club in the goalless draw with Tottenham before the international break.
But Pickford is refusing to stop there and has revealed he is striving to get better and better and take his game to another level.
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He told evertonfc.com : "I feel like I'm in a really good moment. I'm striving to get better and better - not just resting on where I am now, I want to keep reaching levels where I can keep improving, whether that's on the training pitch or wherever.
"I train hard every day, I always have done. Then, I try to go and put that into performances on a Saturday, or whenever the game is."
But despite his impressive displays over the last 12 months, the former Sunderland man has received plenty of criticism from pundits like Roy Keane and Lee Dixon.
Pickford is known as a bellowing, hyperactive player, who can regularly be heard shouting at team-mates during games.
But the England international insists his passion and desire comes from wanting to win and the fear of not wanting to let Everton supporters down.
He said: "For me, Everton is the People's Club and there's huge passion that comes with that. That's what I thrive off - seeing the fans having a good time.
"It's what makes me hate losing so much as well, because, obviously we're losing as individuals and as a team but we're also losing for them.
"When I'm out on the pitch and I'm shouting, it is just passion. It's not negative vibes - it's about being positive and trying to help my teammates, to give them that motivation and be determined.
"If I didn't have that passion and desire to win, then what's the point in playing football? I'm not going to be sat there like laid-back Luke - I've got to have that emotion, controlled emotion, desire and maturity on the pitch."
