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If I'd still been in one piece from the World Cup and gone through my career, what type of player would I have been? No doubt about it, if I hadn't had as many injuries I would have been the all-time leading scorer for England. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#all-time #been #career #cup #doubt

If you have any setback in your life, like not being in the England squad was for me - any setback, like losing a family member - everyone handles it in different ways. When I first wasn't included I was numb. I'd been the main England striker for years and years. It was really disappointing. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#been #being #different #different ways #disappointing

Oh, dreams! In one night, lying with one's eyes shut, one may sometimes live through more than ten years of happiness. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#happiness #dreams

If you look at anyone at the top of their profession, there has to be something a little bit different. Some of the top musicians are quirky aren't they, to say the least. You have to be driven, cold, hard and mentally tough as iron. My missus thinks I'm a bit weird. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#bit #cold #different #driven #hard

If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three or four goals per game is a good spectacle. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#days #decrease #football #four #game

The difference with football is you're out on the pitch, you feel as though you can do something about it, or score a goal. But when that horse goes down to post as an owner you have no involvement whatsoever. It's a lonely old place in the stand. It's just down to man and beast. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#beast #difference #down #feel #football

The way I look at myself, the biggest achievement in my eyes - forget winning trophies or scoring in World Cups - is that I'm still at a top club playing at a really high standard having been almost two different players. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#almost #been #biggest #club #cups

As a rule, one should never place form over content. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#form #never #over #place #rule

To breed a winner, let alone at Royal Ascot, is unbelievable. I've got four children and they all love the mother. We pat it most days and she's a lovely mare. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#breed #children #days #four #got

When you're a kid you just think about where you are going to be to put yourself in a position for the next scoring chance. But as you develop, you start to do things that may not catch the eye of the normal football watcher, the dropping back, the closing down. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#back #catch #chance #closing #develop