
— Steven Gerrard English footballer 1980
Carlo Ancelotti, manager of AC Milan ( Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4647845.stm)
http://redflagflyinghigh.com/2011/05/blogs/scholes-tribute-the-worlds-top-players-on-the-ginger-prince/2
Sam Allardyce
— Steven Gerrard English footballer 1980
Carlo Ancelotti, manager of AC Milan ( Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4647845.stm)
„The best midfielder I would say is Steven Gerrard. I really rate him as a player and as a man.“
— Steven Gerrard English footballer 1980
Patrick Vieira on Steven Gerrard, (14th October 2008): http://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2008/10/14/911437/vieira-gerrard-is-best-midfielder
— Steven Gerrard English footballer 1980
Daniele De Rossi, ( Source http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/121199-de-rossi-gerrard-is-my-idol) (8th May 2015)
— Steven Gerrard English footballer 1980
Zinedine Zidane on Steven Gerrard, (23rd of October 2013): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2477801/Zinedine-Zidane-rubbishes-Sir-Alex-Fergusons-Steven-Gerrard-criticism.html
— Paul Scholes English footballer 1974
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/andrea-pirlo-dream-xi-paul-scholes-the-only-englishman-as-juventus-star-leaves-out-cristiano-ronaldo-in-favour-of-pippo-inzaghi-9992885.html
Andrea Pirlo
— Steven Gerrard English footballer 1980
Graham Taylor, former manager of the English national football team ( Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/5108926.stm)
„If one or two do go out, hopefully the players we get in will be better players.“
— Phil Brown (footballer) English association football player and manager 1959
4-Jan-2006, teamtalk.com
After the transfer window opened, PB made an obvious but worrying statement.
— Paul Scholes English footballer 1974
http://thepeoplesperson.com/2013/11/05/what-made-paul-scholes-so-special-30928/
Gordan Strachan
— Paul Scholes English footballer 1974
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/my-all-time-xi-alan-shearer-1505383
Alan Shearer
„…Is the greatest guitar player in the world.“
— Joe Satriani American guitar player 1956
Steve Vai about Satriani, as quoted in Joe Satriani : The Satch Tapes (1993).
— Garry Kasparov former chess world champion 1963
The "Magician of Riga" rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play.
Part I, Chapter 5, Talent, p. 60-61
2000s, How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
„Fabio Cannavaro was the best player of this World Cup.“
— Fabio Cannavaro Italian footballer 1973
Diego Maradona, speaking of Germany 2006 http://www.i-sportsbook.com/soccer/index.html
„But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.“
— Arsène Wenger French footballer and manager 1949
Joint Interview with The Times and Daily Mail (2009)
Contesto: OK, I’m not against that [spending £100m]. If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter how expensive he is you should do it. But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.
„He is a world-class player who needs no introductions.“
— Alessandro Del Piero Italian former professional footballer 1974
Carlo Ancelotti, Repubblica.it http://www.repubblica.it/online/campionato/delpiero/delpiero/delpiero.html
— Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese association football player 1985
[Dev, Sarthak, Football Paradise, The Ballon d’Or: It’s time football stopped trying to be Hollywood, 15 December 2017, 4 February 2018, https://www.footballparadise.com/ballon-dor/]
In the wake of winning his fifth Ballon d’Or in December 2017.
— Rex Ryan American football coach 1962
[Rex Ryan implores Jets to show leadership, http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/17315/rex-ryan-implores-jets-to-show-leadership, ESPN, Graham, Tim, September 1, 2010, http://www.webcitation.org/5x45wBbAP, March 9, 2011, March 9, 2011]
— Alexander Ovechkin Russian ice hockey player 1985
Denis Savard, interview in Tim Sassone (October 11, 2008) "Can Hawks close gaps on Ovechkin?", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois), p. 4.
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— William Shakespeare, Come vi piace
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