Rio Ferdinand Quotes

It's very difficult to fill the shoes of somebody like Rahul Bhai. He has set the bench mark for a generation to come. However, it's our responsibility to carry forward his legacy.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

When I die there is nobody to take my place.

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

I always thought, 'Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?' But when my father got arrested, I really didn't have a choice. I was the oldest son, and it was something that had to be done.

I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.

The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir.

I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.

Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations.

It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.

Tom Clarke is dead. He has not our responsibilities. Nobody will ever know what he would do for the situation did not arise for him. But is has risen for us and we must face it with our intelligence and conscious of our responsibility.

No one man can take on the mantle of another.

I succeed him. No one can replace him.

Just think of what we'll pass on to the poor fellow who comes after me.

The mantle of the pioneers has fallen on our shoulders.

We all leave unfinished work; we cannot complete it; those who come after us take it up and conform it to their will

Kings and queens are expected to have offspring to carry on the name. There are no such demands on American presidents, but there is an expectation. There is a hope.

I never left a team in worse shape than I got it. Not once.

A revelation came to me at 16. All true princes must someday become kings.

The coaching life is like a relay race and I'm thankful for my turn and am confident as I pass the baton.

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

We are only the trustees for those who come after us.

The younger generation will come knocking at my door.

Success is not success without a successor.