Theo Paphitis Quotes

Old Trafford is home.

As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come to this Nation in order to create a better life for themselves, their families, and future generations.

I knew I had to write about Canada. I just could not find in literature any examples of the immigrant experience that I've had.

This first-generation narrative keeps happening over and over and over again, whether it was Irish or Jewish or our community, South Asians, Japanese-Americans, Mexican-Americans. We've all gone through this sort of bridge, and it will continue to happen.

I always ask Paul Pogba about Manchester United. I think they are a huge club with a really good infrastructure.

There is no better feeling for a Manc kid than scoring for United.

Manchester is a sensational venue for football but an awful place to live... the winter, the cold and the dark nights. It's very hard for a young Brazilian.

To play at Old Trafford in a Manchester shirt I think is something special.

I enjoy going to Old Trafford. I love the tradition.

We are Manchester United, and we want to fight for everything.

I remember playing one of our first matches in Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, and I remember that feeling of just being in that iconic venue.

Scoring at Old Trafford was a very nice feeling. A great memory and something I won't forget.

Liverpool had African players from the '50s and '60s. There were goalkeepers in the early days from South Africa. Then in 1981 there was a guy who came to Anfield. They say 'who is this guy' and it is me; I am African.

I had a fantastic time at United. I have been back to watch games. It was over 14 years of my life. It is a third of my life I spent at Old Trafford. That's a lot of time, and it feels like home.

I am an immigrant from Mexico. I came to the United States looking for a landscape where I could explore ideas freely and to test my entrepreneurial spirit.

There is no bigger stage than Old Trafford on the opening day of the season.

I have played football all my life, and my dad went to see Manchester United in 2005. Since then, I have been a fan.

My grandfather and his wife came to America at the end of the 19th century from Hungary. Everyone started out on the Lower East Side. They became embourgeoise and would move to the Upper West Side. Then, if they'd make money, they'd move to Park Avenue. Their kids would become artists and move down to the Lower East Side and the Village.

Being an immigrant and living in England, I feel like I lived in two worlds. There was the world that, when I was at school with my friends, was very English, and then I'd go home to another country, with exotic foods and colours. I have a sense of colour pairings, and that came from my background, I think.

I enjoyed my time at White Hart Lane, and I can't say thank you enough to the Spurs fans.

Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And then, I met them when we were 17. Our common ground was music.

Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London in the 1950s and 60s, I was especially fascinated by anecdotes about the lives of my Guyanese relatives, which seemed a million miles away from Tottenham's Broadwater Farm estate.

I've always wanted to play at Old Trafford.

It is a nice feeling to score two goals at Old Trafford.

Chelsea is one of the biggest football clubs in the world.