Ryan Giggs quotes

Ryan Giggs is a Welsh footballer and manager, considered one of Manchester United’s greatest players. His career was marked by exceptional skill, longevity, and numerous records in English football. He has inspired generations with his achievements and contributions to both club and country. Here are 27 of his quotes:

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. (Ryan Giggs)
He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school. View quote
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I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am. View quote
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I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?' View quote
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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. View quote
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I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins. View quote
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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. View quote
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My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league. View quote
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You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly. View quote
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I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster. View quote
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Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more? (Ryan Giggs)
Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives? View quote
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A lot of people don't know that my father is black. View quote
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There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. View quote
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I just want to be as successful as I can in football. View quote
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I have always considered myself to be very fortunate. To play for the biggest club in the world, which also happens to be the team I supported as a boy, means I have never had to consider changing away from Manchester United. View quote
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As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. View quote
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When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment. View quote
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If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in. (Ryan Giggs)
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. View quote
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I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal. View quote
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I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. View quote
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Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black. View quote
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Photo: Дмитрий Голубович, GFDL
Occupation: Welsh Athlete
Born: November 29, 1973
Quotes count: 27