Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs, OBE is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the co-owner of Salford City. He played his entire professional career for Manchester United. The son of rugby league player Danny Wilson, Giggs was born in Cardiff but moved to Manchester at the age of six when his father joined Swinton RLFC...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth29 November 1973
asking boat couple pushed settled three took
That disappointed me at the time. I had pushed the boat out by asking for three more years - but in the end we settled on two and that only took a couple of meetings.
both dreamt ten
Ten years ago we probably wouldn't have dreamt of this, both of us,
england luck producing
England got the luck this time, but if we keep producing performances like that it'll come our way,
bigger england enjoy full house lad millennium stadium versus
As a young lad you go out and enjoy it, you have no fears, ... England versus Wales, a full house at the Millennium Stadium - you just don't get any bigger than that.
confident football great heard result shocked
They'll be confident after such a great win, I was shocked when I heard the result but it's international football and anything can happen,
nice nicer rivalry teams
The rivalry between the two teams is massive, so it's always nice to play them and even nicer to win.
families happened jobs looking money people
It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them - the money they're given. Some of the families give up their jobs and live off their sons. That would never have happened 10 years ago.
impressed influence
Some said he had too much influence, but I don't agree. He impressed me from the start.
campaign satisfying
It's very satisfying to end the campaign with two wins,
career lucky major maybe missing playing shots won
I am lucky to have won so much, and the one thing missing in my career is playing in a major championships. I have maybe got two more shots at that,
rely wayne
We can't just rely on Wayne and Ruud.
confidence difficult far game good hopefully kick run winning
We have to kick on now. Fulham will be a difficult game ... but hopefully we now have the confidence to go on and get a good result. It is important to go on a winning run because we do not want to get too far behind.
became famous following footballer people
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? I couldn't think of anything worse.
break explain form hard hopefully periods players work
All players have 'ordinary' periods in their career and it's hard to explain why. So at these times, its all about self belief, hard work and hopefully you get the break and your form returns.