Being dropped was a wake-up call. If I had regarded it as anything else I wouldn't deserve to be anywhere near the England squad.
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It doesn't matter whether you are a senior player or not, if something needs saying to a colleague it will be said,Rio Ferdinand
I've heard people say it looks as if I don't care and I've certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I don't think I can change it. I know I'm working as hard as the next man, even if it doesn't always look that way.
Rio Ferdinand
In my mind, and in a lot of the lads' minds, we are still concentrating all our efforts on finishing second.
Rio Ferdinand
I didn't expect to be dropped by England.
Rio Ferdinand
If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play.
Rio Ferdinand
Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it,
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Pythagoras
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.
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