Rio Ferdinand
English footballer of mixed St Lucian and Anglo-Irish descent.
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Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.
My name was out there in the public arena for people to make assumptions on why I missed a drugs test. That stigma is something that may never go away. I go out there and play for the fans and for my family and for myself and to have that taken away from me in such a way was disheartening and something that really did shock me. I'm man enough to admit that I did cry.
It hit me like a thunderbolt!
Gary Neville is the club captain but has been injured for the best part of a year now - and Giggsy's taken on the mantlepiece.
Football is the most important thing in my life, but I do have a life outside football and this is one part. The TV, the music, the fashion - it all goes to make up Rio Ferdinand.
His temperament is always there to be questioned because he plays on the edge. That is just the way he plays.It is a cliche but if you took that edge away from Wayne he wouldn't be the same player and I would rather have the Wayne Rooney we have now.
I was disappointed it wasn't reported that I said Rio Ferdinand was the best defender in the world.
If you come out with racist comments, then I believe you shouldn’t be allowed to come to a football match. Don’t be so narrow minded, you’re bigger than that.
It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela.
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