“My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. Scholes is undoubtedly the greatest of his generation.” Zinedine Zidane
“I”m not the best, Paul Scholes is. We can all learn from Paul Scholes.”Edgar Davids
“Without any doubt, the best player in the Premiership has to be Paul Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is the one who directs the way his team plays. On top of all that, he has indestructible mental strength and he is a genuine competitor.”Thierry Henry
“The player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy – Scholes”Patrick Vieira
“Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football”Sir Bobby Charlton
“I”ve said it before and i tell anyone who asks me; Scholes is easily the best English player. Intelligence, strength, unbelievable technique – all the attributes are there. At Manchester United I saw what he can do and all I could say is “wow””.Laurent Blanc
“They have two of the world”s best young players in Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, but the player who most impresses me is Paul Scholes. He is United”s most important player, he makes most things happen on the field. He is a legend, as is Ryan Giggs. The older players help guide the young players and give them balance.”Andrei Shevchenko
“An amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being”
Roy Keane
“Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team – that goes to show how highly I have always rated him”Marcello Lippi
“Fans” favourite was always Scholes. People were amazed that this tiny ginger kid with asthma could smack a ball so hard, that he had such fantastic touch and was so brave. Eric Harrison
“There is not a better midfield player in the world.”Sam Allardyce
“Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.”Michael Carrick
“Paul Scholes had the best football brain I”d ever seen in a kid. Let”s face it. Paul Scholes is in a class of its own”Brian Kidd
“He”s the best player in Britain in my opinion and he has to get himself fit just before we are due to play at Old Trafford. I cannot pay Paul a bigger compliment than to say that he”s the most complete footballer in the country. The best bar none.”Steve Bruce
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“My ideal day? Train in the morning, pick up the kids from school, go home, play with kids, have tea, get them up to bed, and then come down to watch a bit of TV. I don”t get hassled.”Paul Scholes