100 Quotes by Rio Ferdinand

For me, the biggest idiot will always be John Terry,

Best player? For me, it's Paul Scholes. He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, “You see that tree over there?” - it'll be 40 yards away - “I'm going to hit it”. And he'll do it. Everyone at the club considers him the best.

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.

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.

There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen.

Someone now has to step up and take on the mantelpiece.

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.

I’ve heard people say it looks as if I don’t care and I’ve certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I don’t think I can change it. I know I’m working as hard as the next man, even if it doesn’t always look that way.

If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn’t say a lot for English football. We’d probably be on a downward spiral. It’s good that people have different ideas about who should play.