Manchester Quotes · Page 8

Manchester City are built on sand and I don't mean that because their owners are from the Arab countries.

— Kevin Keegan

What do you think of Manchester Uniteds three Rs - Rooney, Ronaldo and van Nistelrooy?

— Rob McCaffrey

Playing in the Premier League is incredible and even more so playing for Manchester City.

— Rodri

Munich is a great city and everybody is treating me very well.

— Douglas Costa

I'm happy in Manchester and that's it. Moving to United was good for me. I play for a big club.

— Nemanja Matic

I miss Manchester, especially the apple crumble and custard they served at Carrington after training.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

I love the city and the people of Munich. I have many great friends there.

— Steve Purdy

Living in Manchester was like living on the moon... wherever that might be

— Johnny Giles

I think there's a lot of things that need fixing at Manchester United apart from David Moyes, but in this business, you…

— Tim Howard

I like to walk down the street in England and just be myself but I could never do that in Spain. In…

— Nicolas Anelka

Even though one of them is about an Edinburgh junkie and ones a little boy of eight in Manchester, you want them…

— Danny Boyle

Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and…

— Aidan Gillen

We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London.…

— Dave Mason

Manchester is the same as Milan. The weather is the same, and you have two big clubs fighting against each other.

— Roberto Mancini

Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes, he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would had…

— Pep Guardiola

When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of…

— Graham Coxon

I moved to Portland because Modest Mouse is there. I didn't necessarily mean to live there permanently, but I've got a really…

— Johnny Marr

“I like the city late at night, the blasts of music and the splashes of light cast from bars that are still…

— Mhairi McFarlane

I was working as a secretary in Manchester and thought I would always do that. Then I got this letter offering me…

— Sophie Hannah

I like The Smiths as well. They took a cue from The Buzzcocks. They have jangly guitars instead of distorted guitars. All…

— Steve Diggle

In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional,…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I…

— Ashley Jensen

Seán Manchester is, unsurprisingly, very well read in both classical and more recent sources on vampires and vampirism, and cites them with…

— Joe McNally

The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training…

— Gary Neville

I love Manchester. Everyone knows that - I have said it many times. Manchester is in my heart.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Let's be honest. We're not Manchester United or Arsenal, are we?

— Paolo Di Canio

Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.

— Daniel Defoe

Sometimes we're the big game in town. Other times, we're kind of a side show. (on Manchester City)

— Claudio Reyna

In the end, very little gets in the way of what Manchester United wants to do.

— Tim Howard

Manchester City are a big team, and Chelsea are a big team.

— Aaron Ramsey

I understand and accept that for the people of Munich, only the treble will do.

— Pep Guardiola

When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.

— Ian Mckellen

I read about the history of England, of Manchester. I wanted to know how people here live, their interests.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

In Manchester, people don't recognise me that much and tend to treat me in a more respectful way.

— Marouane Fellaini

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

— Alan Hansen

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.

— Didier Drogba

I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)

— Alex Ferguson

There is not much sun, but I didn't move to Manchester to go to the beach.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Both Chelsea and Manchester United will be challenging for the Premiership title next season.

— Roy Evans

In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled…

— James Nasmyth