Michael Owen
To be at the top, you have to have a competitive streak in you. If you're not performing, you've got to be angry with yourself.Collection: Performing
When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.Collection: Team
The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got.Collection: Passion
I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but then Fabio Capello took over and he never picked me again.Collection: Goal
The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well.Collection: Football
I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather than an indecent one.Collection: Football
An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.Collection: Might
England have players who can rattle anyone's feathersCollection: Player
You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs; the acid test is how you handle the downs.Collection: Earth
Bayern Munich are probably the standout team on the planet.Collection: Team
While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.Collection: Team
Clubs don't like their players going off to play international matches and you can see a scenario where they eventually start to make it more difficult for international sides to call up players.Collection: Player
I'm sure clubs have a lot of power these days.Collection: Clubs
I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.Collection: Football
I think in terms of best players, I would have to say Ronaldo, the real Ronaldo, the Brazilian one. I was fortunate enough to have a year with him at Real Madrid. He was at the end of his career and was probably half the player he was. But, in his prime, he was quite simply astonishing.Collection: Real
[Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international level is much more difficult than it was a few years back because even the lesser teams are well organised and don't concede too many goals these days.Collection: Team
My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.Collection: Dad
Henry had taken striking on to a different levelCollection: Taken
Often the biggest test is when the chips are down and you've got to stick together as a team.Collection: Team
I wouldn't change my life for the world at the moment.Collection: World
All Newcastle fans need to know is that I will be giving everything for their cause now.Collection: Giving
For me there's nothing better than putting the white shirt on for England and playing for England. I'd get worried if it wasn't like that.Collection: White
The longer my career has gone, the more I seem to score... It's experience and age and knowing where the ball's going to be.Collection: Careers
I have a great family, good friends, a nice girlfriend, my own house. I have got everything how I want it to be.Collection: Girlfriend
A new club is like having a new girlfriend – you don't have feelings straight awayCollection: Girlfriend
As everyone knows I've got a passion for horses.Collection: Horse
Give me a great Champions League game or an exciting Premier League game ahead of an international match and I'd love that to reverse. A lot of people have lost interest in England games, it is quite hard to watch.Collection: Champions League
Best players I played with? Striker wise, well, I had a great record with Emile Heskey - he would be one of my favourite partnerships because we were so different and worked together so well.Collection: Wise
[Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.Collection: Impact
The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.Collection: Team
I remember running around the park as a kid and pretending, shouting out 'Michael Owen in the cup final. He scores!' To actually fulfil that dream when you're older and score two goals made it just a magical day.Collection: Running
I think nowadays Manchester United is more competitive than it's ever been. Obviously, over the last one or two decades, they've always had one challenger or two challengers maybe, whether it be Arsenal or Chelsea.Collection: Thinking
Manchester United will always be a competitor, just because of the very size of them.Collection: Size
I think it's getting tougher and tougher, all the big teams are getting stronger and there's more of them.Collection: Team
It was a real eye opener and I'm really pleased that I spent a year out there [in Real Madrid].Collection: Real
I loved [Real Madrid]. It was a real experience, playing with a great team. One of the first questions I'm often asked is 'What was Madrid like?' It's got that mystique about it. It's a magical place and a magical team, and everything about it is great.Collection: Real
I don't particularly enjoy watching international football in the way that I used to. It hurts me to say that, but it's true.Collection: Football
A lot of people have lost interest in watching England play. To get motivated to watch international football, you need your country to be having some form of success and England haven't had any for a long time now.Collection: Football
Best atmosphere I ever played in was at Celtic Park in the UEFA Cup for Liverpool.Collection: Celtic Park
It bothers me when I don't score.Collection: Score
Everton have a healthy list of injuries.Collection: Football
Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly in your path. Any footballer you ask will always tell you that Scholesy was one of the best players they've ever played with.Collection: Dream
There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.Collection: Years
I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.Collection: Football
I've always been a player that likes to get round the back and get crosses in for other people. When I first burst on to the scene some people only saw the goals I was scoring. More recently they've taken notice of the goals I've set up. It is nice to be recognized for that.Collection: Nice