Paul Scholes Quotes

• I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong

  Paul Scholes

  Criticism, Compliment, Prove Them Wrong

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• Get up. Go to work. Play the game. Get showered. Go home.

  Paul Scholes

  Home, Games, Play

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• Yes I am finally hanging up my boots for good.

  Paul Scholes

  Boots

  "Manchester United's Paul Scholes retires for second time at 38", www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2013.

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• I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong.

  Paul Scholes

  People, Criticism, Compliment

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• When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

  Paul Scholes

  Player, Mirrors, Want

  "Paul Scholes: What the Game’s Greats Have Said About Him" by Mark Ogden, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 31, 2011.

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• Winning the Ballon d’Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United.

  Paul Scholes

  Winning, Play, Manchester United

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• At every opportunity, I wanted to play football.

  Paul Scholes

  Football, Opportunity, Play

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• I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say that playing football is all I have ever wanted to do and to have had such a long and successful career at Manchester United has been a real honour. This was not a decision that I have taken lightly but I feel now is the right time for me to stop playing. To have been part of the team that helped the Club reach that 19th title is a great privilege.

  Paul Scholes

  Football, Real, Team

  "Manner of Paul Scholes's retirement reflects his lack of ego" by Andy Hunter, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2011.

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• I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.

  Paul Scholes

  Cristiano Ronaldo, Player, Thinking

  "Barcelona Vs Juventus: You Can't Beat Barca at Their Own Game - Juve Must Defend and Hit Them on Counter-Attack, Says Paul Scholes". www.independent.co.uk. June 04, 2015.

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• I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say playing football is all I have ever wanted to do.

  Paul Scholes

  Football, Men, Wanted

  "Paul Scholes' 38th Birthday: Compliments Paid To The Manchester United Maestro" by Samuel Luckhurst, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. November 16, 2012.

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• I am not ashamed to admit that in the games against Barcelona I spent a lot of the time just hoping he would take up positions as far away from me as possible. Elusive is the word that immediately springs to mind when I think about Messi's style of play. You think you have an eye on him and then - blink - he has gone, only to reappear somewhere else in space, with the ball.

  Paul Scholes

  Spring, Eye, Thinking

  "Lionel Messi Is a Genius and It Only Takes a Second for Him to Trick You Into Doing Something Daft – I Should Know!". Paul Scholes Column, www.independent.co.uk. February 19, 2015.

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• There have been so many outstanding players I've had as team-mates, but if I had to choose I'd choose Giggsy, he can do anything.

  Paul Scholes

  Team, Player, Outstanding

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• Nobody has ever had to go off following one of my tackles and nobody has broken their leg.

  Paul Scholes

  Broken, Legs, Following

  "I was not a dirty player, says Manchester United's Paul Scholes", www.theguardian.com. June 13, 2011.

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