Rio Ferdinand Quotes

I have no real desire to play Test cricket, and the reason I lost this desire was because I was not selected consistently for Test matches.

I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

During the time I didn't play for England, they were losing Test matches, and the Yorkshire committee were telling me that I should be batting for my country. Then, when I decided to make myself available to play for England again in 1977, and Yorkshire lost a couple of matches in my absence, they criticised me for not being there.

I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.

You're always disappointed not to start for your country, but that's the gaffer's decision.

Winning the title in my first season at City was a dream come true, but the downside was not being selected for Spain's World Cup squad.

It is everyone's dream to play for England and we have got a lot of top players in that midfield and lot of competition. For me to break in there, I have got to keep the form up for club at the top level.

Whether Under-17 level, the 21s, or senior team, it's my dream to play for England as often as I can.

Playing for England is the most important thing in my life.

All you can do when you are given a chance to play for England is to go out against whoever that opponent may be and do it very well. And if you do that, you get yourself in the forefront of the manager's mind.

Getting to the national team is very complicated.

Playing for England is always the main priority.

You have to cope with expectation if you want to play for England.

Every cricketer dreams of coming into the Indian side.

Ever since I was kid, I dreamed of playing for England.

There are a lot of players competing for that wide attacking role, and if I'm brutally honest, if you aren't playing regularly, you can't get picked. I found that out, missing out on the World Cup.

It's a goal to get myself in the squad for the World Cup.

I never thought I'd be a senior player in a county side, let alone the England side. When you break into a county side, that is your aim, so it's an incredible feeling to have achieved that with England.

It's happened so quickly, starting at Tottenham, playing for England.

I still remember when I debuted for India in One-dayers and got out on zero against Australia only.

I had my time in the England shirt and won a lot of caps.