Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence. — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Pelé. When he finishes and he retires, he will automatically become one of them. A player… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
Duncan Edwards is the one person who, even today, I really felt inferior to. I've never know anybody so gifted and strong and powerful… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
In the sweep of its appeal, its ability to touch every corner of humanity, football is the only game that needed to be invented. — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence. — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
“Alfredo di Stéfano is maybe the greatest player I have ever seen. I watched him in a match when Manchester United played against Real… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
“The eccentric passion of Shankly was underlined for me by my England team-mate Roger Hunt's version of the classic tale of the Liverpool manager's… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
“He was simply the most intelligent football player I ever saw. If I had one player to choose, out of all of them, to… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff,… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. Players… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
Tottenham have impressed me. They haven't thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun. — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
I love watching little Paul Scholes, he's so in control of what he's doing and is always so accurate and pinpoint with his passing… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football. — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
