Paul Scholes Quotes

• 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

  Player, United, My Time

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• Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, great player, world class player, the English Zizou.

  Samir Nasri

  Player, Class, World

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• I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.

  Gary Neville

  Scholes, Footballer

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• If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

  Alan Shearer

  Player, Admire, Footballer

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• I really rate Paul Scholes, because he hasn't got the high profile of many of the Manchester United players, he doesn't get too much attention, but he is one very good player. He is an intelligent player, he works hard and he scores some great goals. He is not flamboyant and is a quiet lad off the pitch but he is a tremendous asset to Manchester United and to England. He has already got my vote as player of the year.

  Tony Adams

  Hard Work, Intelligent, Player

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• What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football.

  Kevin Keegan

  Football, Thinking, Different

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• Best player? For me, it's Paul Scholes. He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, “You see that tree over there?” - it'll be 40 yards away - “I'm going to hit it”. And he'll do it. Everyone at the club considers him the best.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Player, Tree, Training

  "Simply the best" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2008.

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• Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team - that goes to show how highly I have always rated him. An all-round midfielder who possesses quality and character in abundance.

  Marcello Lippi

  Team, Character, Choices

  "Paul Scholes earns plaudits from football's elite". www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2009.

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• Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team.

  Marcello Lippi

  Team, Choices, Together

  "Paul Scholes earns plaudits from football's elite". www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2009.

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• I'm star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can't catch him. Off the pitch he disappears.

  Luis Figo

  Stars, Disappear, Scholes

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• Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.

  Gordon Strachan

  Player, Years, Feet

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• We won't ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer's life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it.

  Darren Fletcher

  Real, Player, Class

  "Paul Scholes deserved more awards, says Darren Fletcher". www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2010.

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• Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

  Joey Barton

  Player, English History, Legends

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• If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. His passing and shooting is of the highest level and he’s the most consistent and naturally gifted player we’ve had for a long, long time.

  Alan Shearer

  Player, Long, Shooting

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• Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.

  Michael Carrick

  Play, Special, Talent

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• Everyone of us should emulate him. We can all learn from Paul Scholes.

  Peter Schmeichel

  Should, Scholes, Emulate

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• I'm not the best, Paul Scholes is.

  Edgar Davids

  Scholes

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• Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career.

  Michael Owen

  Careers, Training, Pleasure

  Michael Owen @themichaelowen, twitter.com. May 31, 2011.

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• Paul Scholes. The best! Great player, person, friend!

  Gary Neville

  Player, Scholes, Persons

  Twitter post from May 31, 2011

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• The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders.

  Andrea Pirlo

  Careers, Elegance, Midfielders

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• Funnily enough we have never had one enquiry for Paul Scholes. You know why? Because they all know he will never leave. in my time he would be in the top six or seven (best United players ever) without a doubt. His contribution and quality have been great, even without the fantastic goals he has scored. [ . . . ] He has that wonderful velvet touch on the ball. When he gets it, it goes stone dead. It is wonderful to see that amidst all the mayhem that can happen in a football match.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Player, Goal

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• For me, Paul Scholes is on the same level as Ronaldo. The real Ronaldo, not Cristiano. I always thought he was a great player but after I played alongside him I realised he was Manchester United's greatest player of all time. He did his talking on the pitch which I respected most.

  Fabien Barthez

  Real, Player, Talking

  "Fabien Barthez picks his #One2Eleven - The Fantasy Football Club". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. August 23, 2014.

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• It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play.

  Zinedine Zidane

  Player, Class, Doubt

  "Zidane: My biggest regret was not playing with Scholes". www.mirror.co.uk. August 21, 2010.

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• Maybe one small regret is that I never got to play with Paul Scholes - but I was never going to leave Barcelona and he was never going to leave Manchester United.

  Xavi

  Regret, Play, Barcelona

  "Xavi: My Only Regret Is Not Playing With Scholes". Interview with David Lynch, www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. August 06, 2014.

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• Paul Scholes was always unbelievably talented. Quiet. And dirty. When he got his tackle right, it was a great tackle. But when he got it wrong, he could kill someone. He was so talented and a player I feel honoured to have played with.

  David Beckham

  Dirty, Player, Quiet

  "Class of '92 on Sir Alex Ferguson, leaving Man Utd - and each other". Interview with Ben Smith, www.bbc.com. December 2, 2013.

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