Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Gavin Ferdinandis an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He played 81 times for the England national football team between 1997 and 2011, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. He is regarded by many to be one of England's greatest ever players and he is one of the most decorated English footballers of all time...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth7 November 1978
bother fans lads time training waiting
I've been waiting a long time and the fans have been getting on to me. It does bother me, in training the lads get on to me.
delay game massive obviously trying win
Saturday's game is massive for us. They will obviously be trying to win the league, but it's up to us to try and delay that for as long as possible.
colleague matter needs player saying senior whether
It doesn't matter whether you are a senior player or not, if something needs saying to a colleague it will be said,
absolute fantastic player scotland
He's a fantastic player who's done very well in Scotland and he's an absolute handful.
devastated heard shocked
I was shocked and devastated when I heard the verdict.
drop job teams today
We've got to get our own job done and we've managed to do that today and if other teams drop points, then so be it.
anywhere english-athlete house imperative order remain win
We've got to get our house in order first before we look anywhere else. It's imperative we win every game, we've got to remain consistent.
best ham league played together west
When we played together at West Ham I thought we had one of the best strikers in the league in John,
proves quality
That just proves the quality we have here with some of the young players.
coming great players
It's great to see young players like Kieran coming in and not being intimidated by it,
chance normally players quality
We know we have got quality players up front, normally when they get a chance they put it away,
edge english-athlete rather took wayne
It is a cliche, but if you took that edge away from Wayne he wouldn't be the same player. I'd rather have the Wayne Rooney we have now than any other.
approach demand expecting fans forward game
We're not expecting it to be the same as then at all, ... Their fans will demand more of them, urging them to get forward more. We'll have to approach the game with the right attitude.
expecting
We're not expecting it to be the same as then at all,