Scholes Quotes - Page 3

• I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. In so many ways Scholes is my favourite.

  Bobby Charlton

  Football, Thinking, Names

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

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• Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player!

  Jack Wilshere

  Player, Class, Role Models

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• I'm not the best, Paul Scholes is.

  Edgar Davids

  Paul Scholes

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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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• I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.

  Xabi Alonso

  Football, Home, Player

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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• One of the best players I've ever seen in my life! Spectacular on training!! Playing with him was a joy!

  Gerard Pique

  Player, Joy, Training

  "Manchester United's Paul Scholes Lauded by Players and Coaches Around the World After Announcing Retirement". www.telegraph.co.uk. May 31, 2011.

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

  Alan Shearer

  Player, Admire, Paul Scholes

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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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• Without any doubt the best player in the Premiership has to be Paul Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is the one who directs the way his team plays. On top of that, he has indestructible mental strength, and he is a genuine competitor.

  Thierry Henry

  Team, Player, Doubt

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

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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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• Nobody else in the world can play the way Scholes does. The passes he produces all over the field and the way he changes the game is brilliant. Every manager would like him. But luckily he is here and playing with us. Paul practices that all the time. When he has finished training he always goes out and shoots.

  Dimitar Berbatov

  Games, Play, Practice

  "Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov Says Nobody Can Play Like Paul Scholes". www.telegraph.co.uk. February 19, 2009.

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• To me Paul is a role model. He is the best midfielder I've seen in the last 15 or 20 years.

  Xavi

  Years, Role Models, Roles

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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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• The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training designed to develop our passing ability, which might be three players against another three players, or six versus six, or nine versus nine. But no matter what the numbers were, the side with Paul Scholes on their team would always win by keeping the most possession.

  Gary Neville

  Team, Player, Winning

  "Scholes is simply the best English player of his generation". www.dailymail.co.uk. September 15, 2012.

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• For me as a midfielder, Paul Scholes was the best possible teacher. When people ask me my hardest opponent, I always refer to Paul in training. Facing him improved me so much because his astonishing quality gave me something to aim for. He never gave the ball away, he could nutmeg you, he could make you look a fool, his range of passing was remarkable, his touch and awareness, everything was top notch. Seeing Scholesy made you stand back and realize you had a long way to go, because he was awesome.

  Darren Fletcher

  Teacher, Long, People

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• To me, Paul Scholes was in a class of his own.

  Wayne Rooney

  Class, Paul Scholes

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• When I was in Dutch and Italian football, a lot of people looked at Manchester United, and when they were asked who was the best player, a lot of them said Paul Scholes. Much of what he did looked simple, but actually it was quite hard. Invariably he controlled the ball instantly and passed it straight on, keeping the game moving. He made inch-perfect passes across the pitch; he saw the gaps and could play the ball through them. So it didn't surprise me that so many top-class international footballers recognized his quality.

  Edwin van der Sar

  Football, Moving, Simple

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• He's like a terrier, Scholes, he won't let go - even the postman would be afraid of him.

  Jimmy Magee

  Letting Go, Would Be, Postman

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• For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.

  Thierry Henry

  Team, Player, Years

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• Some of Paul Scholes' tackles come in so late they arrive yesterday.

  Clive Tyldesley

  Yesterday, Late, Paul Scholes

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• If I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I've played against in this league, and seen anywhere.

  Thierry Henry

  Team, Thinking, League

  "Thierry Henry names Paul Scholes as the greatest Premier League player of all time" by Aaron Flanagan, www.mirror.co.uk. October 28, 2015.

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• The greatest compliment I can pay Paul Scholes is that he reminds me of Bryan Robson, the way he bombs into the box.

  Ray Wilkins

  Pay, Way, Bombs

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