99 Quotes by Ryan Giggs

Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you’re not as hungry as players used to be. You think you’ve made it before you’ve done anything.

Celebrity culture, it’s everywhere, isn’t it? It’s reality TV, Big Brother. I didn’t become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn’t want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

What you’ve got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I’ve seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

I’ve always had people come up to me to say that they admire the way I play, and then they tell me they’re not United fans. That’s always been nice.

As players, you just play for the club. I love Man United, I’m going to play for Man United, and that’s what my focus is on.

Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing – to enjoy it to the full – you want to win games, and as a result, trophies.

There’s never been completion in my football career because I’ve always been striving for that next thing.

Roy Keane is Damien, the devil incarnate off the film The Omen. He’s evil. Even in training.

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