Quotes About Paul Scholes

#1. The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders.

Andrea Pirlo

#2. Maybe one small regret is that I never got to play with Paul Scholes - but I was never going to leave Barcelona and he was never going to leave Manchester United.

Xavi

#3. I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. In so many ways Scholes is my favourite.

Bobby Charlton

#4. For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He scores and creates goals, he can pass the ball, he can head it, and rounds all this off with a competitive streak.

Alan Shearer

#5. Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player!

Jack Wilshere

#6. Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.

Gordon Strachan

#7. Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I've ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

Joey Barton

#8. We won't ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer's life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it

Darren Fletcher

#9. I am a big admirer of Paul Scholes, he is one of the best players of his generation.

Arjen Robben

#10. I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

Ryan Giggs

#11. I wouldn't swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.

Gary Neville

#12. I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.

Alex Ferguson

#13. 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.

Rio Ferdinand

#14. Paul Scholes is literally on another planet

Kieron Dyer

#15. To me, Paul Scholes was in a class of his own.

Wayne Rooney

#16. Paul Scholes. The best! Great player, person, friend!

Gary Neville

#17. For me, Paul Scholes is on the same level as Ronaldo. The real Ronaldo, not Cristiano. I always thought he was a great player but after I played alongside him I realised he was Manchester United's greatest player of all time. He did his talking on the pitch which I respected most.

Fabien Barthez

#18. Paul Scholes should be included in England's Euro 2012 squad.

Harry Redknapp

#19. I'm star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can't catch him. Off the pitch he disappears.

Luis Figo

#20. Playing with Paul Scholes is like playing with the light on.

Carlos Queiroz

#21. I'm not the best, Paul Scholes is.

Edgar Davids

#22. If I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I've played against in this league, and seen anywhere.

Thierry Henry

#23. Rooney is one of the best players in the world and I love watching him play. But if you had to pick out only one, then for their history and for all that they have achieved it would have to be Paul Scholes or Ryan Giggs. They are two shining examples for any player.

Andres Iniesta

#24. For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.

Thierry Henry

#25. Everyone of us should emulate him. We can all learn from Paul Scholes.

Peter Schmeichel

#26. What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football.

Kevin Keegan

#27. Some of Paul Scholes' tackles come in so late they arrive yesterday.

Clive Tyldesley

#28. Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football.

Bobby Charlton

#29. Paul Scholes and Gary Neville are the centrefolds of Man United

Dwight Yorke

#30. I love watching little Paul Scholes, he's so in control of what he's doing and is always so accurate and pinpoint with his passing - it's just beautiful to watch.

Bobby Charlton

#31. Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career.

Michael Owen

#32. Paul Scholes is the best player I've ever played with. There's talent in every part of his game.

Gary Neville

#33. Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team - that goes to show how highly I have always rated him. An all-round midfielder who possesses quality and character in abundance.

Marcello Lippi

#34. If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

Alan Shearer

#35. Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.

Michael Carrick

#36. It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play.

Zinedine Zidane

#37. Sad to hear of Paul Scholes retirement! One of the best midfielders to grace the Premiership! Idolised him for years! Legend.

Jordan Henderson

#38. The greatest compliment I can pay Paul Scholes is that he reminds me of Bryan Robson, the way he bombs into the box.

Ray Wilkins

#39. Winning the Ballon d'Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United.

Paul Scholes

#40. I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say playing football is all I have ever wanted to do.

Paul Scholes

#41. At every opportunity, I wanted to play football.

Paul Scholes

#42. Yes I am finally hanging up my boots for good,

Paul Scholes

#43. I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong.

Paul Scholes

#44. I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.

Paul Scholes

#45. There have been so many outstanding players I've had as team-mates, but if I had to choose I'd choose Giggsy, he can do anything.

Paul Scholes

#46. I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong

Paul Scholes

#47. When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

Paul Scholes

#48. Nobody has ever had to go off following one of my tackles and nobody has broken their leg.

Paul Scholes

#49. Get up. Go to work. Play the game. Get showered. Go home.

Paul Scholes