Ruud van Nistelrooy Quotes

When you end the European Championship the best goal-scorer in your own country, you show the world that you have the shoulders to handle the pressure.

I am very proud of my goal record for England.

I am happy that United seems to be one of those against whom I score a lot!

Everything balled up into one: Beat Mexico and qualify. There's no better scenario.

This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis.

I have scored against every team, every country, every defender in the world.

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

I was born to score goals, I feel.

Nowadays, as soon as a striker scores three goals, everyone starts asking him about it.

The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt.

I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.

I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.

The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.

I just want to do the best I can, which means playing for the England full side one day and carry on playing well for Everton.

I'm so happy that I was able to make it to 120 games for Germany; 175 games would have been possible. I've had many great moments, but particularly the way the fans supported me and the road to the final in Rio.

When my father played in the local team, I always used to go with him to watch him. He played as a striker. He was very good; he used to score a lot of goals. Once, he scored seven goals in one game.

Becoming World Cup captain, I can't express in words the feeling and thanks to everyone.

Football is one of the main things I can look back on with pride.

I want to be a top scorer with my national team.

My first year I scored 10 goals in La Liga. Then people started saying 'yeah, the new Messi.'

I'm in the team to score goals. I try and score as many as I can in the season to help the team out.

Every player loves to score goals, but hat-tricks should be savoured, as they don't happen very often.

I want to win all sorts of titles and then the World Cup with the Brazilian national team.

If you're scoring two goals at Stamford Bridge, it tells you that you are a player.

It would be spectacular if I could be the top scorer and win the World Cup with Argentina.