Local Rivalry Quotes

Honestly, the Carolina games I played in every year were more intense than the national championship games I played in - they had a better environment.

A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.

It doesn't matter how young or old you are, and whatever jersey you wear, you realise the derby games prick up the hairs on the backs of people's necks.

It was really hard in Newcastle. It was one city, one club. Everybody there was really crazy about Newcastle.

But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.

The Kings played out of the Memorial Community Centre, an old wooden barn like you'd see in other Prairie towns. It was built after World War II and the Kings were the biggest thing in town. The Memorial was packed for every game - maybe 3,000 when we'd play the Kenora Muskies or other rival towns. It seemed like everyone in town came out to games.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. And I'll tell you a real quick thing: we didn't have a pro hockey team when I was growing up, so I adopted the Red Wings as my hockey team just so I could, you know, be amused and enjoy playoff hockey every single year. I really get into it. Detroit is my team.

I kind of press pause when it's a derby, and the season doesn't matter to me anymore; it's all about the derby.

That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn't I?

I'd like Everton to be known as the better team in Liverpool.

On derby day it's not down to form, it's on the day, who's prepared for the game and who wants to battle.

I specifically had my son wear a Browns jersey on the streets of Pittsburgh while we were there.

I love Liverpool FC. My dad used to take me to games because he was a shareholder at Everton. When I came down to London, I realised that Liverpool FC was my team.

I get the Swansea-Cardiff thing: I was a Swansea player; I loved playing against Cardiff. But when I played for Wales and played with Jason Perry or Nathan Blake, I never saw them as blue and white and me as black and white.

Sometimes in a derby it is not always easy to see a very good game with big quality but the power of one derby means you can see good things happen after one result.

In Chicago, they die for their teams.

The Merseyside derby is a terrific game full of passion, full of quality.

It's something you dream of. It's very special to play in the Merseyside derby and, especially, win.

Why do people care about anything we do? We play in a crappy stadium, in a market that we share with another team, with one of the lowest payrolls in the game. Really, I'm not that interesting.

In every city where there are two teams, the rivalry is very intense. Rome, Milan, everywhere - it's very strong.

Derbies are always difficult to play because you have to handle the pressure. There's no advantage or disadvantage for either side.

Derbies are always special, special games and moments for the city and the people.

London derbies are that little bit more special; there's that little bit more feeling.

I grew up in Newell's Old Boys and will never manage Rosario Central. That is my decision because I prefer to work on my farm in Argentina than in some places.

A hat trick in a derby is a special thing.