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The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

Michael Owen

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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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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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Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly in your path. Any footballer you ask will always tell you that Scholesy was one of the best players they've ever played with.
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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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[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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I'm sure clubs have a lot of power these days.
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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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Best atmosphere I ever played in was at Celtic Park in the UEFA Cup for Liverpool.
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I hate to admit this but I don't even know how to make a cup of tea or coffee. I can boil a kettle for a pot noodle and I've been known to warm up some food in the microwave.
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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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You're on your own out there with ten mates.
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If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.
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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.
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I wouldn't change my life for the world at the moment.
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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 always been confident that I would make it to the top.
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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.
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I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.
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You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs the acid test is how you handle the downs.
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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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