There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years. Michael Owen More Quotes by Michael Owen More Quotes From Michael Owen The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well. Michael Owen champions-leaguefootballinteresting There's nothing quite like a World Cup. Michael Owen world-cupcupsworld A new club is like having a new girlfriend – you don't have feelings straight away Michael Owen clubsgirlfriendfeelings The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays. Michael Owen englandteamplay I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi. Michael Owen gamesfootballbelieve Bayern Munich are probably the standout team on the planet. Michael Owen bayern-munichmunichteam I was proper, proper fast at one point, and obviously I'm not now, so I've lost certain things, but when I was that fast I didn't need to do certain other things in a game. It was such a potent weapon. Michael Owen weaponsgamesneeds I was born to score goals, I feel. Michael Owen scoreborngoal England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers Michael Owen feathersenglandplayer I have always been confident that I would make it to the top. Michael Owen While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least. Michael Owen teamstrugglethinking You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs; the acid test is how you handle the downs. Michael Owen acidtestsearth Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly in your path. Any footballer you ask will always tell you that Scholesy was one of the best players they've ever played with. Michael Owen playerdreamrunning The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got. Michael Owen passionenglandleague I've always been a player that likes to get round the back and get crosses in for other people. When I first burst on to the scene some people only saw the goals I was scoring. More recently they've taken notice of the goals I've set up. It is nice to be recognized for that. Michael Owen nicetakenplayer I remember running around the park as a kid and pretending, shouting out 'Michael Owen in the cup final. He scores!' To actually fulfil that dream when you're older and score two goals made it just a magical day. Michael Owen dreamrunningkids I think nowadays Manchester United is more competitive than it's ever been. Obviously, over the last one or two decades, they've always had one challenger or two challengers maybe, whether it be Arsenal or Chelsea. Michael Owen laststwothinking I think it's getting tougher and tougher, all the big teams are getting stronger and there's more of them. Michael Owen strongerteamthinking Manchester United will always be a competitor, just because of the very size of them. Michael Owen competitorsmanchester-unitedsize Best players I played with? Striker wise, well, I had a great record with Emile Heskey - he would be one of my favourite partnerships because we were so different and worked together so well. Michael Owen playerwisetogether
