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If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

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Michael Owen
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 14
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Michael James Owen
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To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.
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The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.
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I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.
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Best atmosphere I ever played in was at Celtic Park in the UEFA Cup for Liverpool.
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I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but then Fabio Capello took over and he never picked me again.
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[Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.
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I don't get a lot of enjoyment out of sitting there for an hour and a half watching a game like we saw between Ireland and England last Sunday.
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There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.
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An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.
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[Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international level is much more difficult than it was a few years back because even the lesser teams are well organised and don't concede too many goals these days.
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I loved [Real Madrid]. It was a real experience, playing with a great team. One of the first questions I'm often asked is 'What was Madrid like?' It's got that mystique about it. It's a magical place and a magical team, and everything about it is great.
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If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.
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When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.
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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)
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The longer my career has gone, the more I seem to score... It's experience and age and knowing where the ball's going to be.
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The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.
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I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.
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To be the best you have to forget partying and concentrate all your energies on the football.
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