Michael Owen Quotes (62 Quotes)

We all had that in common and that was one of the main things we'd talk about out there.

The (Madrid) president understood and said he would try to help me achieve this, ... If the transfer cannot be finalized in time I have agreed to go to Newcastle United, but only on a one-year loan. I need to be playing regularly in a World Cup year.

Unfortunately we didn't win today, but I'm sure there's going to be far more wins than losses and I'm looking forward to getting that first win. There's a little bit of tension from not winning, and as soon as we get that out of our system and start looking forward then I'm sure it will be good.

I hope there's more important wins to come, but Alan's goal was the most important. I have no doubt in my mind that I will score goals, the relief for me is getting our first three points because it was badly needed.

I have been given the name of a good surgeon and I am going to have a pin inserted.

She was a nice lady. She'd come around and wonder how your day was going.

If you are going to come back at any place it's St James' with the crowd behind you.

The specialists have said that everything is healing fine but to speed the process they need to tighten the screw they inserted at the time of may operation in January.

The better the opposition that's put in front of you, the better your team plays,

It is a title decider. But it's not going to decide any titles just yet.

His services have been recognized by the U. S. armed forces and the family will be provided support.

God help me if I didn't do that because if I'd played 10 games and only scored one or two goals, then I really would be feeling low.

I am feeling quite sharp and am playing well and Newcastle are not overburdened with Europe, ... I can recover between games, prepare, keep myself in good shape and play on a regular basis for Newcastle but not too regularly.

It was a disappointing night and there's not really any excuses,

I'm happy here, as I've always said, I made the decision last summer to come here and I've loved every minute since.

Well, in an ideal world I want to succeed here, play as much as I can and score many goals.

I don't want to cause an argument - at first I thought it had just hit me and gone on the same path, but seeing it now, it's taken quite a deflection.

I am sure some people will say John or Steve are more obvious skippers but I like to think that I have people's respect.

The whole occasion, it should be great, ... Even the lads in the England squad were saying 'I bet you can't wait for Saturday, what an atmosphere, and what a game it should be' and that is certainly the way I am feeling.

We're very confident ahead of Germany, I wouldn't swap our squad for anyone else's,

The one thing I can guarantee is goals. I have never seen anything like this, even at Real Madrid. I hope the fans will be watching me for four years. I want to win a trophy and medals here.

There is a great tradition up here about the No 9 at Newcastle and I will do my best, that is all I can say, to try to provide goals and medals and everything else like I have always done,

We played well for the first half an hour but then seemed to get worse and worse. But we take collective responsibility for the performance and now we have to show collective togetherness, stick tight and put it right in the next two games.

On the journey home from those talks, my mind was spinning,

It's a great feeling to finally score, ... I couldn't have picked a better time.

Jamie is one of the most intelligent footballers. He can play in any position but a lot of people think his best position is center half.

The manager (Sven-Goran Eriksson) was talking today that 10 of France's players, present or past, were teammates of our own players,

I had a scan today and everything showed up clear, which I expected it to,

One thing I will guarantee you is goals.

We were all in a foreign country playing our football and some things are great and at some times some things are more difficult.

The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not got the passion the English Premiership has got.

If there is money coming in, maybe the club look like they mean business and are going places,

I wasn't aware that five was the record and that's a fantastic feat - I've scored four goals a couple of times before, but I don't remember ever scoring five in a game.

There's been a lot written in the press over the last week, and I've been as honest as possible for everyone, but also actions speak louder than words. I'm here and I've signed a four-year contract. The one thing I will guarantee is goals.

Every one of his strengths is totally opposite to my strengths, ... My game is not Wayne Rooney's. My strengths aren't coming off people and linking play up. My strength is seeing opportunities, knowing where a ball is going to go, sniffing out a chance, and when I get that chance, obviously scoring.

I don't like the big fuss. I was hoping the deadline would be further forward so we could end this uncertainty. Now we are looking forward and I can be on the back pages for the team winning games and me chipping in with a few goals.

It's a shame that when I'm back he's done his knee, but us not playing together for 50 games is not going to take the edge off what has been a fantastic career for him.

You dream of a dream start, scoring on your debut, winning the game, but you've got to be realistic in football. But there will be plenty of good times to come.

It's exciting coming back into work, it's always a good laugh. I enjoyed my time at Real Madrid, but it's nothing like coming into a dressing room where you understand all the jokes and everything else.

It has been a long 412 months, so far, since I last played, so I'm very keen to get back into the thick of the action. I have trained for quite a while now and it is nice to have been out with the players on the pitch training all week. Now I'm looking forward to getting on to a proper pitch.

If the manager gets stick it's due in no small part to the players. We didn't perform well enough.

We didn't fire in our first game out against South Africa last autumn, and it was the same story against England in the first game of the 2005 Six Nations,

You can only do your best. Alan is a different type of player to me, obviously, so Newcastle fans are not going to see a like-for-like player coming into the team but, hopefully, they will see a like-for-like stream of goals coming.

It's a matter of time, we have really good players, the coaches are working hard and we'll get there in the end.

The bottom line is that I wanted to come back and play in the Premier League again and wake up on a Saturday morning and really fancy getting out there and playing in front of this fantastic support, scoring goals and enjoying football.

I have to admit that I was a bit down when the surgeon rang last week to say that he was advising me to go back into hospital.

It's disappointing, but everyone gets their fair share (of injuries), if there's any consolation I've got plenty of time before the World Cup.

I am sure I am going to have a lot of fun playing in the black and white shirt. I want to win trophies and play in front of passionate supporters. I love the game. As soon as we do win something and I do think it is a matter of when, not if it will be like the country winning the World Cup. Absolutely fantastic.

I have an obvious attachment to Liverpool and, if that deal could have happened, it would have been one big option. But, as the deadline approached, it didn't seem that would be possible.

He's gone to Liverpool and he's a good player, ... You can see in training how good a player he is.