Giggs Quotes

One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs. ~ George Best

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

Scholes was playing tiki-taka football when nobody in England knew what it was. He was another of those players, like Denis Law or Bobby Moore, who at 15 probably looked as if he wouldn't make it. Too small, you would think - can't run, dumpy little ginger nut - but then the ball would come to him and he would dazzle you. He was the best footballer in that Manchester United midfield, better than Ryan Giggs and Roy Keane. ~ Harry Redknapp

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

I actually don't feel the years passing, although the younger players make sure to remind me of my age. If there's a clip of Bobby Charlton playing or a game's in black and white they'll ask: Were you playing in that Giggsy? ~ Ryan Giggs

Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the brink of his 13th league title, after all. ~ Gary Neville

Giggs drops deep into that Sheringham position where he can turn and ride defenders. ~ Martin Tyler

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

I just want to be as successful as I can in football. ~ Ryan Giggs

I look at what is happening with Ryan Giggs at Manchester United now and I am dismayed that Liverpool are letting that experience leave, ~ Jamie Carragher

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

People always say it's a shame someone as talented as Ryan Giggs or George Best before him never played in a World Cup or European Championship and I don't want my name to be added to that list. ~ Barry Ferguson

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain. ~ Ryan Giggs

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

A lot of people don't know that my father is black. ~ Ryan Giggs

When he's at the top of his game, there's not a team in the world that can handle Giggs' speed and penetration ~ Alex Ferguson

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

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? ~ Ryan Giggs

I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?' ~ Ryan Giggs

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

Rooney is one of the best players in the world and I love watching him play. But if you had to pick out only one, then for their history and for all that they have achieved it would have to be Paul Scholes or Ryan Giggs. They are two shining examples for any player. ~ Andres Iniesta

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

It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them - the money they're given. Some of the families give up their jobs and live off their sons. That would never have happened 10 years ago. ~ Ryan Giggs

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

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

He once thought that Manchester United were a band because I've mentioned that they had Giggs. ~ Abdullah Abu Snaineh

If Giggs was French, Pires or myself would have been on the bench. ~ Zinedine Zidane

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

Manchester United are substituting Blomqvist for Giggs just to bring more legs into the game. ~ Tony Gale

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

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

Football is easy when things are going well, but when its not, it becomes the biggest test. ~ Ryan Giggs

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. ~ Ryan Giggs

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. ~ Ryan Giggs