Paul Scholes Quotes

There are pitfalls in World Cups, there are players who can win penalties and players who get the slightest touch and go down holding their face or whatever and get someone sent off. There are all these little things and you're hoping that you're not on the wrong end of it.

I'm aware that the World Cup is probably the greatest spectacle in the world of sport, and that's despite the referees that have been found to have fixed games specifically.

I played in the playoffs with teams that were known for flopping and you do not get respect.

It goes without saying that no one at United ever expected any help. We understood that decisions can go against you. We believed we were the better team, and therefore, if the referee got his decisions right, then we would win the vast majority of our games.

Some people may say wrong decisions belong in football, but if a final is decided in the 90th minute by a wrong decision, for me that is not a fair result.

I don't get wrapped up in the politics of going down to win a penalty or getting an opponent sent off.

I think if you deflate a football, then you're definitely cheating.

Why should I change my game if I don't even get a yellow card?

Cheating during bouts has always existed.

So, a flop is basically tricking the referee into thinking somebody fouled you or maybe elbowed you in the face.

Ball-tampering has happened before. Bowlers and fielders have found different ways to get the ball roughened up on one side.

As far as women fighting in MMA, I don't like it when the division isn't deep. I don't like to see a woman who's so much better than everybody else smashing other women. That's tough to watch.

I don't like all the cheating that's going in mixed martial arts. I don't know what percentage of high-level fighters do it, but I think it would be a significant amount.

If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me.

Sometimes the opponents deserve a red card, but instead, they carry on playing with 11 men. So you also have to be more lucky in the future.

Opponents know how to get the fouls and it's gone against me a couple of times.

United are a club known all around the world. No matter where you grow up, if you love football, then you'll know about Manchester United.

There is nothing more disgraceful for any sportsperson than to be accused of murky stuff like match-fixing or spot-fixing.

Part of being a Manchester United player under Sir Alex Ferguson, perhaps the most important part of being one of United's attacking players was that when you were in possession, you had to take risks in order to create goal-scoring chances. It was not an option; it was an obligation.

Too many cry babies in this game.

Not everyone can say they were signed by Sir Alex Ferguson and Man United.

My size works against me as well, as some players I would just touch and they would fall over to get a free kick.

I think the worst thing that's happened to sports is 'sources say.'

Manchester United breathes football.

Nobody needs to talk about the history of Manchester United because everybody knows it.