Scoring Record Quotes

I am obviously a striker who likes to score a lot of goals and have done that in every team I have been with.

I played and scored for all of the teams I played for except in Turin.

I was, in my first season, second top scorer, which is something people forget.

I've always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.

Gary Lineker has now scored 37 goals. That is precisely twice as many as last year.

I hold the record now with Dixie Dean for being the only Everton player to score three Merseyside derby goals at Anfield. I still hope to better it. Things like that, the fans never forget.

Strikers are expected to score, and I have two goals in eight games.

Obviously this all-time leading scorer thing I knew was out there and I thought, 'Man, if I stay healthy, I would like to reach that goal.'

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.

Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.

There is one thing that I would really enjoy, and that is, of course, to get 100 Premier League goals.

Look at my nine-year career: I've always been close to a point a minute. I've always been a walking bucket.

I've always scored through the years, no matter who I've played for.

Wilt Chamberlain had a great deal to do with the success of the NBA. His dominance, power, demeanor and the rivalry with Bill Russell says it all. He will be sorely missed by myself and everyone in the basketball community. Wilt was a great performer and a great athlete.

In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.

I remember when I was a rookie, there was an article in 'USA Today' that said, 'Larry Bird, he's lost a step.' That night I went out to guard him, he scored, like, 47 on me.

Wilt Chamberlain, by far, is my best basketball player. Best athlete ever.

I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.

I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time.

OK - we like to say how a striker creates space and influences matches in other ways, but let's not pretend: at the end of the season, the best striker everyone talks about is the top scorer.

It would be a joke to compare Gerd Muller to other strikers. What he achieved, the number of games and the goals scored, is unique. That's what I have told him in person.

It is a pleasure to see Leo, an Argentine, as the top scorer in the Champions League.

I played varsity in high school as a 9th grader. I came off the bench during the first game of the season and had 25 points. Well, I became a starter after that and in the second game I scored 53 points.

I wouldn't say I play better for England, but my goals-per-game ratio is definitely better.