Rio Ferdinand Quotes - Page 2

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• I feel the longer he stays at United the better it is for the club. He's done so much for United you can't imagine him not being here.
  (on Sir Alex Ferguson)

  Rio Ferdinand

  Alex, Ferguson, Done

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• No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Football, Reality, Games

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• I didn't expect to be dropped by England.

  Rio Ferdinand

  England

  " Eriksson drops Campbell as Ferdinand fights his way back" by Jon Brodkin, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2005.

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• I could never get bored talking about him, he was my favourite player. I loved watching him because he did everything you'd want to see in a footballer. He could dictate the pace of a game; he could take it by the scruff of the neck and control it; he could score decisive goals; he could make the killer pass; he could switch the play, open teams up, slow the game down, quicken it up; whatever was needed. He would take the ball anywhere on the pitch He was such a selfless footballer, too Scholesy was the man, all right.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Team, Player, Men

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• There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Hangover, Player, Games

  "Eriksson goes against his basic instincts" by Kevin McCarra, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2005.

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• He has always been a slippery little git!
  (on Joe Cole)

  Rio Ferdinand

  Littles, England, Slippery

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• Do you know who I am? Why, have you forgotten?

  Rio Ferdinand

  Soccer, Football, Who I Am

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• In some ways, I was a little bit surprised [by how dominant we were] but then I look at the players in our changing room and it doesn't surprise me because we've got quality in there. If we click and play well like we did in the first half, we can open up any team.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Team, Player, Quality

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• Gary Neville is the club captain but has been injured for the best part of a year now - and Giggsy's taken on the mantlepiece.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Taken, Years, Clubs

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• You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Clubs, Bigs, Flattered

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• It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Wicked, Meetings, Nelson

  "Strachan Muscles in to Play Cameo Role in England Soap". www.telegraph.co.uk. May 22, 2003.

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• If any player has a bad game its there in the back of your mind in the next game. Theres always a hangover. It is like a wounded animal in a way, as you want to get out there as quick as possible and rectify it.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Hangover, Animal, Player

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• I will be gutted if Roy does go because I would far rather he stayed at Old Trafford.
  (on Roy Keane leaving Manchester United)

  Rio Ferdinand

  Leaving, Doe, England

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• Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Finals, World, Want

  "Gerrard Sounds Clarion Call". www.theguardian.com. October 05, 2005.

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• I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Want, Contracts, My Future

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• I'm sure the mantelpiece of captaincy will suit Wayne.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Suits, Wayne

  "Quotes of the year - Part 1: The daftest quotes from players, managers and pundits" by Steve Anglesey, www.mirror.co.uk. December 27, 2008.

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• You want to come home from a tournament with a winner's medal. That's not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that's the pressure we put ourselves under.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Home, Media, Fans

  "This time it's for Rio" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2006.

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• Football is the most important thing in my life, but I do have a life outside football and this is one part. The TV, the music, the fashion - it all goes to make up Rio Ferdinand.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Football, Fashion, Important

  "Television: Playing to the crowd". www.thetimes.co.uk. June 04, 2006.

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• If I saw an ugly bird but she was a celebrity, she wouldn't attract me at all.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Bird, Ugly, Saws

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• His temperament is always there to be questioned because he plays on the edge. That is just the way he plays. It is a cliche but if you took that edge away from Wayne he wouldn't be the same player and I would rather have the Wayne Rooney we have now.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Player, Way, Cliche

  "Rio Backs Roo". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. September 15, 2005.

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• At times, European football can be very slow but it speeds up in the final third.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Football, Finals, Speed

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