Rio Ferdinand

I didn't expect to be dropped by England. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#england #expect #i

I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#high #high standards #i #know #lived

I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#future #happy #here #i #i see

Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#bang #been #biggest #critics #most

No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#cocoon #down #england #fans #football

People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#belly #felt #game #give #i

There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#any #ask #back #bad #bad game

There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#blew #disasters #does #england #get

You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#big #clubs #flattered #interested #you

You want to come home from a tournament with a winner's medal. That's not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that's the pressure we put ourselves under. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#fans #home #medal #media #ourselves