Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
There are two things that really get under Gary Neville's skin: scousers and policemen. — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders. — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on… — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread… — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season. — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
I've heard people say it looks as if I don't care and I've certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I… — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
If I saw an ugly bird but she was a celebrity, she wouldn't attract me at all. — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game… — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there… — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
Football is the most important thing in my life, but I do have a life outside football and this is one part. The TV,… — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
