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Rio Ferdinand Quotes

born 1978 England

Rio Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English footballer of mixed St Lucian and Anglo-Irish descent. He plays at centre-back for Manchester United in the FA Premier League and at the international level for the England national football team.

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Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.

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.

If you come out with racist comments, then I believe you shouldn’t be allowed to come to a football match. Don’t be so narrow minded, you’re bigger than that.

I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season

It hit me like a thunderbolt!

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.

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.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rio Ferdinand (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.