A Quote by Diego Forlan

Two English defenders were among the finest I played against: John Terry and Rio Ferdinand.

Diego Forlan

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Diego Forlan
Uruguayan - Athlete
Born: May 19, 1979

I've always said I aspire to follow the likes of John Terry, Michael Dawson and Rio Ferdinand. I always watch what they do and try and learn from them.

Phil Jones

Race, for me, should be social and cultural, rather than the colour of your skin. Anton Ferdinand would have more in common with John Terry than he does with some West African from Nigeria. John Terry will have more in common with Anton Ferdinand than a Slav from Eastern Europe who happens to be white.

John Barnes

I moved to Manchester United when I was a 17-year-old kid. Nemanja Vidic was five years older than me and Rio Ferdinand nearly nine years, and at the time, they were the best central defenders in the world. They never had a bad game.

Gerard Pique

The player I look up to is Rio Ferdinand. I have always played at the back, and I've always tried to base my game on his.

Jack Rodwell

For me, growing up, my main role model was Rio Ferdinand when he was playing with England. He was a centre half. I liked his style of play, and he played with a lot of passion.

Joe Gomez

I don't have a problem with any defenders. I've always played against great defenders.

Diego Costa

It's brilliant to be compared with such a player as Rio Ferdinand.

Jack Rodwell

We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn't been made.

David Gill

Jermaine Defoe was from my area. Rio Ferdinand used to come into my barbershop.

Kano

The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they're going to be like the dodo bird. Extinct.

Vinnie Jones

Players like Rio Ferdinand and Patrick Vieira have supported me, and I just want to say thank you.

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.

Ronaldinho

Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.

Chris Smalling

I was familiar with that and 'Rio Bravo.' 'Rio Bravo' was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western and turning it into an urban flick. And from there you got, you know, all the cop genre movies of the time.

John Leguizamo

I've known John Toshack a long, long time because I grew up with his son Cameron. If he was English, there is no doubt that he would be mentioned in the same breath as someone like Terry Venables.