50 Quotes by James Milner

I don't think I'd like to be that guy who does disrupt training. I always feel the team comes first, and that's the way it is, and me being a disruptive influence, because I'm not playing, doesn't help the team.

Individual players don't win titles no matter how good you are as a player. The best players in the world need a team around them. It is about the team, and we are playing for the badge.

Newcastle was tough - the manager who'd signed me, Bobby Robson, got sacked three games into the season, so a new manager arrived, and I ended up going on loan again, to Aston Villa.

I think the first time I finished a season with the same manager who started it was Martin O'Neill at Villa, probably five seasons into my career.

When someone has an opinion, even if it ends up misquoted, people jump on it.

I could lose every Old Firm game I go into and still win the league.

I think the first time I had to play at left-back was at Manchester United in the Europa League.

City are a great club, and I had five great years there and enjoyed every minute. The fans were brilliant with me the whole time there, and that made the decision difficult.

When I'm sat at 45 and retired, I want to look back and see what I've done and that I've played games rather than having come to the end of my career and tailed off.