Top 102 Scholes Quotes & Sayings

At Arsenal me and Patrick (Vieira) didn't want to face Scholes. We would avoid him.

Everyone of us should emulate him. We can all learn from Paul Scholes.

I'm not the best, Paul Scholes is.

Paul Scholes was at home on a cold February day away to Newcastle.

Paul Scholes. The best! Great player, person, friend!

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were unbelievable players. You cannot compare yourself to them. It is impossible. Scholes especially, I like him a lot, and I have a lot of respect for what he did for United.

He's like a terrier, Scholes, he won't let go - even the postman would be afraid of him.

I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. Players like Denis Law and George Best who I enjoyed so much as team-mates and now, finally, players I have watched closely in the Alex Ferguson era. And in so many ways Scholes is my favourite. I love his nous and conviction that he will find a way to win, to make the killer pass or produce the decisive volley.

The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders.

Sad to hear of Paul Scholes retirement! One of the best midfielders to grace the Premiership! Idolised him for years! Legend.

Paul Scholes is the best player I've ever played with. There's talent in every part of his game.

He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him - but it is not going to be easy.

The greatest compliment I can pay Paul Scholes is that he reminds me of Bryan Robson, the way he bombs into the box.

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home, which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool, he was one of the players I liked most.

The midfield picks itself - Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard and A N Other.

Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football.

I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.

The longer-term the option, the sillier the results generated by the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and the greater the opportunity for people who didn't use it.

Scholes is very influential for England at international level.

Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.

Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player!

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets knocked off the ball and he doesn’t give possession away. If he had been Spanish then maybe he would have been valued more.

Black-Scholes works for short-term options, but if it's a long-term option and you think you know something [about the underlying asset], it's insane to use Black-Scholes.

Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.

I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. In so many ways Scholes is my favourite.

Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team.

Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.

Scholes was playing tiki-taka football when nobody in England knew what it was. He was another of those players, like Denis Law or Bobby Moore, who at 15 probably looked as if he wouldn't make it.

Paul Scholes and Gary Neville are the centrefolds of Man United

Some of Paul Scholes' tackles come in so late they arrive yesterday.

If you look at the top midfielders in the past for England, like Lampard, Gerrard, and Scholes, they were always on the scoresheet.

I Wanted To Sign Scholes For Killie But Fergie Burst Out Laughing

I'd say Carrick has the qualities of a Scholes, Andrea Pirlo and Sergio Busquets.

I would loved to have played with Scholes. He plays the game the way it should be played and at his peak he was the best midfield player in the world.

What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football.

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES

Scholes is the best English player. Intelligence, technique, strength... all the attributes are there. At Manchester United I saw what he could do on the training field. Phew!

Even in training Paul Scholes proves he is one of the best midfielders about, and Michael Carrick as well.

Playing with Paul Scholes is like playing with the light on.

We won't ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer's life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it.

I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn't notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level.

If I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I've played against in this league, and seen anywhere.

My principal contribution to the Black-Scholes option-pricing theory was to show that the dynamic trading strategy prescribed by Black and Scholes to offset the risk exposure of an option would provide a perfect hedge in the limit of continuous trading.

I tell anyone who asks me - Scholes is the best English player.

I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

To me, Paul Scholes was in a class of his own.

Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career.

Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

I am a big admirer of Paul Scholes, he is one of the best players of his generation.

Paul Scholes should be included in England's Euro 2012 squad.

You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.

Black-Scholes is a know-nothing system. If you know nothing about value - only price - then Black-Scholes is a pretty good guess at what a 90-day option might be worth. But the minute you get into longer periods of time, it's crazy to get into Black-Scholes. For example, at Costco we issued stock options with strike prices of $30 and $60, and Black-Scholes valued the $60 ones higher. This is insane.

Paul Scholes is literally on another planet

Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, great player, world class player, the English Zizou.

Scholes and Van Nistelrooy drugged the last two defenders.

I love watching little Paul Scholes, he's so in control of what he's doing and is always so accurate and pinpoint with his passing - it's just beautiful to watch.