Mark Noble Quotes

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized vision.

When you are no longer England captain, you suddenly realise it's over, you are no longer England captain, and you appreciate what you had.

My emotions, when I think about the time I spent at Spurs, are always really positive.

It's not going to matter, but there's a part of me, a human part of me, that wants to be 60 years old, watching a Seahawks game, and they're talking about the days back when I was playing. I want to be able to feel that. I want to know what that feels like.

For all of the achievements and awards, to be able to retire as a Raider ranks highest among all of those.

When all is said and done, I always used to say this to recruits: 'I don't remember one goal I scored. I don't remember one result. I just remember the people that touched my life and that connected with me.'

Football is full of highs and lows, but when people retire, they often say, 'I wish I'd enjoyed it more.'

It's an honour for me to wear the Inter shirt. To have been involved in so many important moments that all of us and our fans will keep in our hearts and minds forever, I feel privileged.

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

Obviously, I'm sad to leave Houston. I love the fans and players and everyone here.

CB4 is never coming back. A few years later, I think I'm a much better player. It's funny, even all the way over here in Africa, people are telling me, 'We need CB4 back.' I can't be that. That's impossible.

It keeps me humble just to know exactly where I came from and all the hard work I had to put in to be here. It feels good to reminisce about the past.

I have had four great years at Everton. The fans have been brilliant with me from the day I signed until the day I left. I am proud that the club will always be a big part of my career.

I was looking at the sights, thinking, 'I used to play there a couple of years back, and now I'm on the coach with the England team.'

Dad is the one I turn to for critique. It helps me to keep growing. When he said 'I am so proud of you,' it meant so much to me.

Inter have given me everything.

I still get lots of folks who remember my days on ATWT and AMC. As a matter of fact, they're the proudest fans of all because they feel like, 'We were here first,' before I had other fans from all my other shows and movies. They feel a deeper sense of pride and connection to me and have followed my career ever since 2002.

My family has been really supportive of me and is really happy. They made me who I am and so they trust me and love me and ultimately want me to have love too.

Tottenham has given me value.

I used to hate reading my old work, but now I'm rather fond of it. I quite like going through it in the hope of making it better.

I enjoyed every second at West Ham with the lads and the staff.

Achievements are often more interesting to you when you look back on them.

I think from losing my mother, I appreciate having good people around me.

Sometimes, my kids say to me, 'Ah, you played with Maradona; you played with this, or you played with that.' And they are so proud.

I'm really enjoying my time at Tottenham - it's a great feeling to be the captain too. I think I can be proud of that.