Premier League Quotes

• I love the Premier League, I absolutely love Premier League games. Removing myself a footballer, I watch the Premier League. It's a great league, fantastic football is played in it.

  Joe Hart

  Football, Games, League

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I want to be top scorer in the Premier League, top scorer at the World Cup and, within five years, I want to be among the best strikers in the world. Trust me, it will happen. I look around at other players, I see my own ability and I can't see anything that tells me it won't happen, I'm sure people will think 'What is he talking about?' But as I have done before, and as I will do again, I will sit at the other end and laugh at those people when it is all done.

  Nicklas Bendtner

  Player, Thinking, Talking

  "Successfully begging two fellow customers to sub him" by Barry Glendenning, www.theguardian.com. September 07, 2016.

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• If you're going to win the Premier League, you're going to have to finish ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City.

  Graeme Souness

  Football, Winning, Cities

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• I want to help Manchester United win the Premier League and become the best player in the world.

  Adnan

  Winning, Player, League

  "Adnan Januzaj ready to commit his future to Manchester United". www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2013.

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• Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the Premier League and in the whole of Europe.
  The things I have seen him do since I have been in Manchester have been incredible, amazing.
  It is just like a total show in training and even in the matches.
  This kid will one day arrive at the very top in the world of football - if he isn't there already - because he makes the most difficult plays look easy.

  Henrik Larsson

  Football, Kids, Cristiano Ronaldo

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• I was convinced before the game that we had a very good chance but today was what you would call in Germany a blackout.

  Felix Magath

  Football, Games, League

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• I'm very honest and I know where I am. If you look at the table and the games we have got left to win, we need a miracle.

  Gus Poyet

  Football, Winning, Games

  "Tottenham trounce Sunderland but Tim Sherwood's fate looks sealed" by James Riach, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2014.

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• That win means so much. They got back into the game but I think we showed today that we want to go to the wire. We want to go all the way.

  Steven Gerrard

  Football, Mean, Winning

  "For my cousin: Steven Gerrard's Hillsborough tears as Liverpool move closer to the title" by Steve White, www.mirror.co.uk. April 13, 2014.

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• Next year we have to be even better. If we want to be a big club this has to be one of many.

  Vincent Kompany

  Football, Years, League

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• I think the way we played was as important as winning the title, the way we did it with the players and the fans enjoying it.

  Manuel Pellegrini

  Football, Winning, Player

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• There was a spell in the second half when I took my heart off my sleeve and put it in my mouth.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, Heart, League

  "'If I Fell in a Barrel of Boobs, I'd Come Out Sucking My Thumb!' - the Wisdom of Ian Holloway". www.standard.co.uk. May 24, 2010.

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• You can say that strikers are very much like postmen: they have to get in and out as quick as they can before the dog starts to have a go.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, Dog, League

  "Holloway Faces Rap Over Sepp Loony Jibe". www.mirror.co.uk. January 09, 2007.

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• I might be in a bit of a Skoda garage rather than a Mercedes garage, but I am telling you some old bangers don't half polish up great.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, League, Half

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• The dietician is going to get rid of that when he comes in. Although, first, we've got to get a dietician.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, League, Firsts

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• You have just got to face the facts, don't you? I face it head-on. I knew what I was coming in to. I didn't make the impact I hoped for and I believed in.

  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

  Football, Impact, League

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• I found the support inside Old Trafford has been terrific and, if there was ever a show of support for the football club and team, it was in this game. Inside Old Trafford it was terrific, it really was.

  David Moyes

  Football, Team, Games

  "Plane sailing for David Moyes as Manchester United fans boo banner" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2014.

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• Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England, but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since I left? If I was at a top club in England I think the title race might have been a lot closer this year.

  Jose Mourinho

  Team, Thinking, Race

  "2008-09 I could replace Ferguson at Old Trafford, says Mourinho". www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2009.

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• I'm happy with my language progress - the only difficulty when I tour Premier League matches is that different people talk to me in different accents - and sometimes I can hardly understand a word!

  Fabio Capello

  People, League, Progress

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• For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He scores and creates goals, he can pass the ball, he can head it, and rounds all this off with a competitive streak.

  Alan Shearer

  Player, Goal, League

  "Paul Scholes – the Greatest Premier League Midfielder of All Time?" by Nirmalya 'Nemo' Dutta, www.india.com. November 17, 2014.

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• Cristiano Ronaldo has done massive things in both the Premier League and in the Champions League, but Messi is the best though and I am convinced that next year he will win the Ballon d'Or.

  Yaya Toure

  Winning, Cristiano Ronaldo, Champions League

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• The bottom line is that I wanted to come back and play in the Premier League again and wake up on Saturday morning and really fancy getting out there and playing in front of this fantastic support, scoring goals and enjoying football. 
  (on returning to the premiership)

  Michael Owen

  Football, Morning, Play

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• The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.

  Fernando Torres

  Football, Player, Keys

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• In the Premier League you never really know what is going to happen. There is very little between the teams.

  Luis Suarez

  Team, League, Littles

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• Give me a great Champions League game or an exciting Premier League game ahead of an international match and I'd love that to reverse. A lot of people have lost interest in England games, it is quite hard to watch.

  Michael Owen

  Champions League, Games, People

  "Michael Owen on the English team, Wayne Rooney and the goals record". Interview with Kevin Palmer, www.espn.co.uk. June 12, 2015.

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• You have to believe in yourself. Belief is one of the biggest things in football. If you believe you can win the Premier League then of course it can happen.

  Rafael van der Vaart

  Football, Believe, Winning

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