Ruud Van Nistelrooy Quotes

I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving.

If you start to find that kind of luxury as a normal thing, you don't belong in the real world.

Because of that I don't care when I read in the newspaper that I am colourblind. I went through a red light in my car and I stopped when I before a green light. So I must be really colourblind, eh?

The country life near Manchester I really love.

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

I really want be of great value for the team.

The club [Real Madrid] has a fantastic set-up with marvellous people. The atmosphere at training is perfect - it's just wonderful

It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.

Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

People say it is part of the game. You win some, you lose some. But not for me.

But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box.

When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

When it comes to losing with United, I feel solely responsible for it. I can't help it. My brain will work like mad after a defeat. I want to know where I have made the wrong decisions, how I could have changed things for this fantastic club.

I let people say and write what they want.

My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That's the life of a striker.

Every day I work my guts out in training, every match I play my heart out.