Quote

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.

Michael Owen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Michael Owen
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: December 14
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Michael James Owen
Break
Goal
Age
Scoring
Thought
Picked
Never
Goals
Would
Record
Took
Records

More quotes by Michael Owen

Image
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
Image
My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.
Michael Owen
Image
I wouldn't change my life for the world at the moment.
Michael Owen
Image
Best atmosphere I ever played in was at Celtic Park in the UEFA Cup for Liverpool.
Michael Owen
Image
I think it's getting tougher and tougher, all the big teams are getting stronger and there's more of them.
Michael Owen
Image
I have always been confident that I would make it to the top.
Michael Owen
Image
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.
Michael Owen
Image
The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.
Michael Owen
Image
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.
Michael Owen
Image
There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.
Michael Owen
Image
Bayern Munich are probably the standout team on the planet.
Michael Owen
Image
You're on your own out there with ten mates.
Michael Owen
Image
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
Image
Clubs don't like their players going off to play international matches and you can see a scenario where they eventually start to make it more difficult for international sides to call up players.
Michael Owen
Image
When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.
Michael Owen
Image
I'm sure clubs have a lot of power these days.
Michael Owen
Image
I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.
Michael Owen
Image
I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.
Michael Owen
Image
To be the best you have to forget partying and concentrate all your energies on the football.
Michael Owen
Image
The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.
Michael Owen