Ryan Giggs Quotes

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.

When Cristiano Ronaldo gets the ball, you can just leave him to it while he beats player after player.

Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full - you want to win games, and as a result, trophies.

I hope this match never ends. When the match ends, the memories begin.

As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.

I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I'm going to play for Man United, and that's what my focus is on.

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.

There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.

If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.

Messi is probably the best player of the last 20 years.

Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before you've done anything.

I just want to be as successful as I can in football.

I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins.

I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.

Roy Keane is Damien, the devil incarnate off the film The Omen. He's evil. Even in training.

A lot of people don't know that my father is black

We will go back to playing like Manchester United.

My weight doesn't really fluctuate, but I make sure I don't eat late at night. It's about making sure I'm right physically because mentally I'm OK.

Every one is special. Especially after the disappointment of last year, losing out on the last day, it is a great achievement by the lads.

Looking at me from the outside, it is not very obvious, I know half my family is black and I feel close to their culture and their color.

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.

I've always had people come up to me to say that they admire the way I play, and then they tell me they're not United fans. That's always been nice.

Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.

European football games or evening games seem to take a lot more out of you because you don't sleep that night. And as you get older, it gets worse.

He is the best passer of a ball in the world, and Real's style fits him. (on David Beckham)

When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.