Captain, Leader, Legend - John Terry

"The biggest night ever for the club and I didn’t play in it."

"But I played in one [final in 2008], and I felt a massive part of it [in 2012], and the players made me feel a huge part of it."

"Along the way you look back at games, like the Napoli game [in the last 16] and other games along the way where you played a big part as well."

"Because it’s me, people look and say ‘he’s not won it’, people like to have their digs and their pops, but I know I played a huge part along the way, in the dressing room and on the field as well, so I count myself to have won it."

"No one speaks about the other 10 players who weren’t on the pitch that night as well. Maybe that’s me and that’s where I am at as a player."

“The saying has always been that when the going gets tough, the tough get tougher,” Harris said when speaking to Bleacher Report this week.”

“John’s always been in the thick of things, putting himself about and leading from the front. What more can you say about the fella?”

“I can’t speak highly enough of John and everything he has done for Chelsea Football Club.”

“It’s a proud moment for me to see him making his 500th appearance as captain. Like me, he has come through the ranks and gone on to captain the club to win major honours.”

“The only thing I ever say to John is that he can’t beat my record of 795 appearances as a Chelsea player! I like to tell him that regularly!”

“He’s been a great captain for the times.”

“He’s held everything together at Chelsea in the modern era when there have been so many changes. He’s been a player the fans could relate to, the one they all look up to.”

— Harris
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“I had the privilege of seeing him arriving on the scene as a very young player. He was very motivated and was already ready to become an elite player,” Desailly told us.”

“Every day he was first at training. He would talk to the older players. He was young, but he was a leader. He was already a captain.”

— Desailly
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“There will be one day when it's time to pass it on to someone else, and it's time for me to hang up the boots.”

“But I'm feeling great, and I'm playing well in a very good side, and we're winning.”

“I'd like to thank the likes of Marcel Desailly and Denis Wise, who first and foremost gave me the opportunity to be captain of this club, and help me through and learn from the very best.”

“I remember when I first got it (the armband) Marcel was captain, and he called a meeting with the management, Zola, Denis Wise, Graeme Le Saux.”

“And they felt it was time, while they were still there, that they give me the armband, and see me through.”

“And I'll never forget that – that's why I thank those guys for the experience and the learning that I got from them. Because without them I couldn't have done it.”

“I think if you look at (Ron) 'Chopper' Harris – he was 324 (games as captain) or something, and that was kind of there (as a record) for a long time.”

“To surpass that, and be as successful as I've been at the club...when you look at the records, and you step back and you see the stats and the achievements you've done, it is incredible.”

“So I'm incredibly pleased with that. But I'm still looking to add to them.”