Ryan Giggs Quotes

Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it’s a small place and he was the top player for Swinton – they’d go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.

Messi is probably the best player of the last 20 years.

Every one is special. Especially after the disappointment of last year, losing out on the last day, it is a great achievement by the lads.

Looking at me from the outside, it is not very obvious, I know half my family is black and I feel close to their culture and their color.

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don’t sleep or eat properly.

Nelson Mandela is my hero outside of football. I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times. He was really clued up on his football and he knew me, so that was just unbelievable. It really stuck with me.

My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

I have always considered myself to be very fortunate. To play for the biggest club in the world, which also happens to be the team I supported as a boy, means I have never had to consider changing away from Manchester United.

I just want to be as successful as I can in football.

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.

In my career, there’ve been three stages really. There’s been the stage when you come into a team, you don’t feel the nerves, you just go out and play. Then through your 20s you start thinking a lot more about the games and what’s at stake. And then, as you get more experienced towards the end of your career, you enjoy it a lot more and you’re a lot more relaxed.