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“I really rate Paul Scholes, because he hasn't got the high profile of many of the Manchester United players, he doesn't get too much attention, but he is one very good player. He is an intelligent player, he works hard and he scores some great goals. He is not flamboyant and is a quiet lad off the pitch but he is a tremendous asset to Manchester United and to England. He has already got my vote as player of the year.”

“When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.”

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Author:Jose Bergamin

“Those who first introduced compulsory education into American life knew exactly why children should go to school and learn to read: to save their souls.... Consistent with this goal, the first book written and printed for children in America was titled Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes in either England, drawn from the Breasts of both Testaments for their Souls' Nourishment.”

“With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)”

Play Goal England Defense Signing Arthur Yeats

Author:Bill Shankly

“I tell you what, if the Cameroons get a goal back here they're literally gonna catch on fire.”

Ifs Goal Fire England What If Cameroon

Author:Ron Atkinson

“If you score against the Italians you deserve a goal.”

Ifs Goal Deserve England Score

Author:Ron Atkinson

“I like to score a proper goal, you know - a passing move.”

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Author:Thierry Henry

“My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.”

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Author:Dennis Bergkamp

“Gary Lineker has now scored 37 goals. That is precisely twice as many as last year.”

Years Lasts Goal England Last Year Gary

Author:John Motson

“We need to become more ruthless and critical in front of goal.”

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Author:Gary Neville

“People say he doesn't score a lot of goals with his head, but does he really have to with the ability he has in his feet? He makes spectacular goals look easy. His technique is fantastic. (on Thierry Henry)”

People Looks Doe Easy Goal Ability Feet England Technique Fantastic Score Spectacular

Author:Alan Shearer

“David has scored 62 goals in 148 games for Ipswich and those statistics tell me that he plays games and scores goals. (on David Johnson)”

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Author:David Platt

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

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Author:Michael Owen

“[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.”

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Author:Michael Owen

“It's time for the New England Patriots to move on and that's what our job is. And as I said, our goal is the same: to have a winning football team, to be a pillar in the community. That's what our direction is; that's what we're going to do.”

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Author:Bill Belichick

“England shouldn't have the real freedom of vote and we shouldn't either. Because as [James Madison] put it, one of the primary goals of government was to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority, to make sure the opulent maintain their rights. The constitutional system was structured to ensure that outcome.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“You can feel the same thing in football or soccer - that for the best teams in Spain and England, for instance, the public... they're not really going to cheer at all when they play against bad teams unless they do something spectacular. Even if they're winning by a few goals they'll probably just say, "nah." That's normal and they're not excited about it.”

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Author:Magnus Carlsen

“I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.”

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Author:David Beckham

“I have some real big goals with England.”

Real Bigs Goal England

Author:Kevin Pietersen

“I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.”

Years Goal England Setting Settings Setting Goals

Author:Peter Shilton