Quotes & Sayings About Midfielders

I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount. — Xabi Alonso

Sad to hear of Paul Scholes retirement! One of the best midfielders to grace the Premiership! Idolised him for years! Legend. — Jordan Henderson

A good midfielder has eyes in the back of his head, that's the secret in a nutshell — Ernst Happel

Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation. — Zinedine Zidane

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold. — Tiffeny Milbrett

Steven Gerrard is the best player I've ever played with. — Luis Suarez

The thinking person's case for Romney, murmured by many of his backers, amounts to this: Vote for Mitt, you know he doesn't believe a word he says. — Ross Douthat

The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders. — Andrea Pirlo

Because one day I'll leave you a phantom to lead you in the summer to join the black parade — Gerard Way

Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes, he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would had loved to play alongside him. — Pep Guardiola

What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings. — William Inge

There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders. — Xavi

He caught her wrist and pulled her until she was straddling him. His hand smoothed down the outside of her right thigh. Thank you for wearing a skirt tonight. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. — Cherrie Lynn

In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as the last Soviet tank left the country, so did we. — Simon Sinek

Each man's memory is his own private literature — Aldous Huxley

Please, Mr. Engineer let a man ride the line
Please, Mr. Engineer let a man ride the line
I ain't got no ticket please let me ride the blinds — August Wilson

Adversity is an experience, not a final act. — Michael LeBoeuf

Mother Nature had made an appalling error of judgement. — Yrsa Sigurdardottir

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. — Zinedine Zidane

People belong to each other only as long as they both believe. He stopped believing. — Paula McLain

The real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species. — Dave Barry

I spend the entire 90 minutes looking for space on the pitch. I'm always between the opposition's two holding midfielders and thinking, 'The defence is here, so I get the ball and I go there to where the space is.' — Xavi

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES — Xavi

With the glucometer, I always know how much blood sugar I've got, so I can adjust my insulin or the food I eat. — Bobby Clarke

I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride upon a streak of lightning, and slip without a scratch down a honey locust [tree]. — Davy Crockett

For me, Marouane Fellaini has been one of the best midfielders in the Premier League over the last few seasons. If he continues to improve at United, we'll have a really good player on our hands. — David Moyes