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When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.
Michael Owen
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Michael Owen
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 14
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Soccer Player
Michael James Owen
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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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If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.
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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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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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I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.
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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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If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.
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To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.
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I think it's getting tougher and tougher, all the big teams are getting stronger and there's more of them.
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I think the greatest Real Madrid player of all time is Cristiano Ronaldo followed by Ferenc Puskas. Ronaldo equalled Puskas’ great record of 242 goals in fewer games. He was also the fastest Real Madrid player to score 100 goals and holds the record for most goals scored for Madrid in a season.
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As everyone knows I've got a passion for horses.
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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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A lot of people have lost interest in watching England play. To get motivated to watch international football, you need your country to be having some form of success and England haven't had any for a long time now.
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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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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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I'm sure clubs have a lot of power these days.
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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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You're on your own out there with ten mates.
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