Hampton on defying the odds after being born with a serious eye condition:

“I don’t think doctors would have ever predicted – or anyone would ever predict – that your national goalkeeper has got no depth perception and was born with a squint. I don’t think that would have ever come into people’s minds that it would be possible.

“But I think I’ve just always tried to prove doctors wrong from the get-go when they said that I’m not allowed to play professional sports, and I just wanted to do what made me happy and put the smile on my face.”

On playing for “mentality monsters” Chelsea:

“I think just being at Chelsea as a whole, it’s a club of mentality monsters. They want to win everything, from the coach to the players to the backroom staff, to everyone involved at the club. They just want to win everything possible. You can’t help but join their feelings and join what they want to work towards. I want to succeed as much as I can in this game and bring trophies to this amazing club.”

On the Euro 2025 penalty shootouts:

“I had pressure on my back. But in that moment, I wasn’t thinking about that. I was thinking about doing it for the girls. They’d run around for 120 minutes, and I had it simple, just standing still in my own 18 yard box. It was almost my way of saying thanks to them for being defensively secure and riding it out to those penalty shootouts.”

On the advice she would give to her younger self:

“I’d say embrace every opportunity you get. I didn’t know I wanted to become a keeper. Ultimately, I probably didn’t choose it. It chose me. And I kept with it and I stuck with every opportunity. But I would say just embrace it and enjoy every moment, and live it to the fullest. Never have regrets.”