Daniel James feels good at the ripe age of 29 and, to dispel any myths floating around, as quick as he ever was.

The Leeds winger celebrates his birthday today [10 November] in the Wales national team camp, preparing for games against Norway and Portugal.

A conversation with Sean Longstaff on the pitch just before Leeds' fixture against Tottenham Hotspur revealed that his team-mate was celebrating 200 Premier League appearances. It led James to wonder aloud how many he had to his name. The answer was 129. Throw in 109 Championship outings and 68 international caps and James can rightly be described as a player with vast experience. But as an attacker who was once nicknamed 'Dash' by his Thorp Arch team-mates, James insists he's not slowing down.

"I'm definitely just as quick," he said. "I think obviously I've had a few injuries and sometimes it's taken me a little bit longer [to recover], but I think, as I become more of a senior player, it's about how much you can maintain that, because I think it's not just about being quick once. You want to be able to do that the whole game.

"And I think as I've become more senior, I've learned to work around that a lot more. But it's something that I work on every day because, ultimately, I want to play, I want my career to be as long as possible. But I want to be as quick as long as possible. I think when you start getting 30 plus, I think it's about how much you can maintain it. But it's something that I'm always working on, and will do for the rest of my career."

James didn't get on during the win over Spurs, despite having started and felt like he did well last time out against Bournemouth. The game at the Vitality Stadium was his first start of the Premier League campaign.

"I think we've had a great start," he said. "I think it was very important for us to get a result coming to this international break. I thought we were really good, put on a great performance. But yeah, as a player, obviously, I can't lie, obviously you do get frustrated not playing, but you have to give your all for the team, because ultimately it's a team game and, even if you're not getting as many minutes as you want, you want to perform and train every day, push players that are starting as well.

"I played against Bournemouth, a couple of weeks ago. I felt really good, but ultimately it's always down to the manager of what team he wants to set up in. But I've just got to be ready every time, and I feel like I am. I've got myself in a good place to whenever I'm called upon, that I feel ready. And I feel really good coming to this camp."

James was part of a mini pre-camp Wales reunion on the Elland Road sideline at the weekend, when Spurs substitute Ben Davies briefly caught up with Leeds men Joe Rodon, James and Harry Wilson. The latter was brought into the game a little while later and made a big impact, helping the ball into the path of Noah Okafor for the winner. The start to the season might not have been exactly what Wilson was picturing when he signed for Leeds in the summer but James has joined the list of voices backing the ex-Fulham man and his quality.

"I think it was obviously a lot different coming to a club after being at one for so many years," said James.

"Obviously, he was really settled down at Fulham and then obviously made the choice to come away from it and, I think he's been brilliant. He's been a great addition for us. I think it always helps when you've got a lot of Welsh players in the squad, and it's easy to settle in.

"But I think he settled in straight away, and I think for Harry, we know what his quality is, and I think he's still got so much more to come and he'll be a serious fan favourite for what he brings. We definitely missed him last [Wales] camp, and it's great to have him now."