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Michael Owen

(1979) Association Football Player

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Michael Owen is an association football player, best known for Aspects of the Secular Cantata in Late Baroque Italy.

Quick Facts About Michael Owen

Born: December 14, 1979
Profession: Association Football Player
Notable works: Aspects of the Secular Cantata in Late Baroque Italy

About Michael Owen

Michael James Owen is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United, and Stoke City, as well as the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports pundit and commentator. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, in 2001, Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Michael Owen

I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but…

Age

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A new club is like having a new girlfriend – you don't have feelings straight away

Clubs

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I'd love to go and I'd love to play for my country and go to a World Cup again. I've got to…

Accept

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I have always been confident that I would make it to the top.

Confidence

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If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

Athlete

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I think nowadays Manchester United is more competitive than it's ever been. Obviously, over the last one or two decades, they've always…

Arsenal

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There are pitfalls in World Cups, there are players who can win penalties and players who get the slightest touch and go…

Cups

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I'm sure clubs have a lot of power these days.

Clubs

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You learn to understand it, but if you step back, you do think it is either strange or unfair. But I know…

Back

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To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.

Commentary

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[Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international…

Break

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An emotion that lives with me is a sense of 'what might have been' had injuries not robbed me of my most…

Emotion

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I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.

Score

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Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly…

Absolutes

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Often the biggest test is when the chips are down and you've got to stick together as a team.

Chips

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I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player.…

Ball player

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You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.

Affected

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When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

Bigs

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A lot of people have lost interest in watching England play. To get motivated to watch international football, you need your country…

Country

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I've got no hamstring in the middle. I'm basically running on two hamstrings on my right leg and three on the other.…

Age

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At 18 to 20, I was probably one of the quickest things around, at the peak of my powers.

Around

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I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

Always

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Horses will never be my career. It's just a big passion of mine, and one that will always be there in the…

Always

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The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well.

Champion

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You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs; the acid test is…

Acid

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