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Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves

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Rio Ferdinand
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: November 7
Association Football Player
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Soccer Player
Cambrewelle
Rio Gavin Ferdinand
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His temperament is always there to be questioned because he plays on the edge. That is just the way he plays. It is a cliche but if you took that edge away from Wayne he wouldn't be the same player and I would rather have the Wayne Rooney we have now.
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You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.
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If any player has a bad game its there in the back of your mind in the next game. Theres always a hangover. It is like a wounded animal in a way, as you want to get out there as quick as possible and rectify it.
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Football is the most important thing in my life, but I do have a life outside football and this is one part. The TV, the music, the fashion - it all goes to make up Rio Ferdinand.
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For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is.
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You get a bad result one week and it's a natural reaction to go out in the next game and put it behind you and do well.
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At times, European football can be very slow but it speeds up in the final third.
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You want to come home from a tournament with a winner's medal. That's not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that's the pressure we put ourselves under.
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I feel the longer he stays at United the better it is for the club. He's done so much for United you can't imagine him not being here. (on Sir Alex Ferguson)
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In some ways, I was a little bit surprised [by how dominant we were] but then I look at the players in our changing room and it doesn't surprise me because we've got quality in there. If we click and play well like we did in the first half, we can open up any team.
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It doesn't matter whether you're a senior or not, if something needs saying to a colleague it will be said.
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I used to read every, well, most nights. I think reading helps me in terms of relaxing... It helps me to get my mind off the game a little bit more and it helps me to be a little bit more focused.
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Gary Neville is the club captain but has been injured for the best part of a year now - and Giggsy's taken on the mantlepiece.
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No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered.
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Do you know who I am? Why, have you forgotten?
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For me, the biggest idiot will always be John Terry.
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I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season.
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It's great to see young players like Kieran coming out and not being intimidated by it. (on Kieran Richardson)
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He has always been a slippery little git! (on Joe Cole)
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It hit me like a thunderbolt!
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