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?

Ryan Giggs

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

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I hope this match never ends. When the match ends, the memories b... by Ryan Giggs

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

dream love memories

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.

use children years

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

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I have always considered myself to be very fortunate. To play for the biggest club in the world, which also happens to be the team I supported as a boy, means I have never had to consider changing away from Manchester United.

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

brother successful reality

I’d go for Scholesy as the club’s greatest ever player. I’ve seen him do things that no other player can do. The way he can control the tempo of games, and his range of passing, are both incredible. We’ve seen over the years that players just haven’t been able to get near him. And you can’t forget his goals either.

player games years

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.

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

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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.

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

bigs games sleep

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school.

player inspirational school

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?

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

wish conversation talking

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

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Nelson Mandela is my hero outside of football. I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times. He was really clued up on his football and he knew me, so that was just unbelievable. It really stuck with me.

couple hero football

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

motivational inspirational football

Ander is a fantastic young player, with great energy and creativity. We believe him to be one of the brightest young prospects in Spain and I am certain he will be a big hit with the United fans. I’m delighted he has made the decision to come to Manchester and play his part in the club’s future.

creativity player believe

I think after a big European game you're looking at four or five days. For two days afterwards I don't really do anything. I do a recovery the next day, which is bike work, a light stretch, some yoga and an ice bath after that. Then the second day I would just do the bike again for 20 minutes and then do some strides, which is box to box, just eight of them, just to get the legs going and the blood going again.

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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.

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