Quotes About England

I really like England. I like the lifestyle and the country. The history. The culture, which London is full of. The country pursuits.

England was bad for me, I was not flexible in my ideas.

My dad's side of the family were calm folk from England, but the other side just loved to party. Somewhere between those two factions is me.

I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.

Of course I support England - and I follow Birmingham. I am an avid football fan, and obviously, I have a connection with Arsenal, so I like to watch them, too. I think anyone who is English follows the men's team and wants them to do well, and I'm an avid follower of any football, really.

I will never play in England again, but I still actually look back with fond memories at some moments.

I have a lot of fond memories of my life in England.

It's not like I played my first football match in England. For me, football is pretty much the same everywhere; the ball is round, but maybe tactically, things are different than at other clubs I've played for.

My time in England is where I have felt truly like a footballer, and I have put my name among the best players. I'm very proud to have played almost 400 games with Liverpool.

It's not easy for a foreigner to come to England and win the respect of your team-mates, of the fans, and of the English people.

Let me be clear about something: I've never changed my attitude towards playing for England. I've always wanted to play all three formats. That hasn't changed, and never will as far as I'm concerned.

England against France is such a massive match; you can't get much bigger than that in European football. It's a huge rivalry.

Why PSG? Because to leave United, the biggest team in England, you need something like PSG, which is the biggest in France. I could not play in another English club.

I don't want to return to France; France doesn't tempt me at all. I like England.

In England, you laugh at yourselves; in France, we laugh at others.

The level here in England is much higher than in France.

In France, the gastronomy is one of the best in the world. But when you move to England, everybody tells you to be careful about fish & chips. And avoid fried English breakfasts. I now know why.

When I was 19 I came to play a friendly against England and I really liked how they played and how passionate the fans are.

There is a different sort of edge when you come up against England. Even when it's a friendly game you still get that fear in you that if you get beat it won't be good but if you win it will be the best thing going.

It still feels like I am just playing with my mates a lot of the time. A lot of us in the England team have grown up playing cricket together and formed very close friendships, which makes the dressing room a very enjoyable place to be.

It does get hot in England from time to time.

England in a way is lucky. It's an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.

A world with England presenting the spectacles of moral cowardice will be a world on a lower plane…. If

I was barely seventeen. I was ignorant, missus. We grew up ignorant in Limerick...we're mothers before we're women. And there's nothing here but rain and oul' biddies saying the rosaries. I'd give me teeth to get out, go to America or even England itself.