Ferguson: "Gary is the best English right-back of his generation. He is a role model for any young professional player: hardworking, intelligent and loyal. When he was a young man, he had the desire and determination to achieve Success, this character has accompanied him throughout his career, and this is the example he left to all young players at Manchester United."
Manchester United CEO David Gill also praised Neville: "Gary is the club. A loyal fighter, we thank him for his loyalty and contribution. He always has the best interests of Manchester United at heart."
"Gary is not only a great human being, he is also one of the best defenders in history. ." Beckham praised his former good partner on his Facebook. "It's an honor to play alongside him at Manchester United and the England national team. He deserves all the praise and recognition he gets."
Rio Ferdinand said on Twitter: "Gary is the best in Premier League history. Right back, his retirement will be a loss to my dressing room. He was loyal, funny, dedicated and talented, a true Manchester United legend who gave everything to the club. Won a lot of trophies at the club."
Wenger said: "He has had a great career and fantastic achievements. I respect everything he has achieved because he is obviously not the most talented player in the Premier League. His performance is very stable... His record depends on intelligence and motivation. He is an example for players who are not as talented as Ryan Giggs and Beckham. This shows that as long as you have intelligence and determination, you can still achieve your dreams. Achievements. Neville is the best English right-back and if you look at his record you will see he has won everything and he is without a doubt the best I've ever played for Manchester United. Game 500. At this time, many people asked me to talk about the feeling of looking back. I think there are times when I should play better, and there are times when I should make fewer mistakes, but one thing I want to say for myself is that from the age of 16 to 31, I tried my best. In fact, this is also the minimum standard, but we have seen many players leave early because they failed to do this. They are all more talented than me. 500 games is indeed a bit of a milestone, but there were still some people at Manchester United, some very influential people, who initially thought I wouldn't even be able to hold on to 50 games. As a kid, I was always rejected, so I still vividly remember when I was selected into the 16-man squad out of 200 kids for Manchester United's under-11s selection.
Even now I still think that I could be called back to train every year, just because of my attitude. If practice starts at 5 p.m., I'll be there at 4:15 and practice passing against the wall. I knew I had to do it, especially after seeing the skills of Scholes and Butt, who were 13 at the time. Then some kids from out of town joined us, Beckham, Gillespie and Savage. I was playing midfielder at the time, but I told myself: "I can't compete with these people at all."
At that time, we were playing against the under-16 team at the National Football Training Base, and Giggs made an overhead kick from 20 meters away. Break the door. It was great for him, of course, but for me, it was downright terrifying. I learned that if you're not the most talented, you have to work extra hard. You have to make sacrifices. So when I left school at 16, I decided to cut off all my friends. It sounds cruel and quite selfish, but I know they would do things that kids at that age would do that I couldn't do, even just have a drink at the nearby bar. I always remember my father telling me: "You have two years to make a fortune, so don't look back and regret that you could have done better." At that time, a student from Manchester United and I would go running every afternoon, around the Streets, five kilometers, ten kilometers. I was lucky to be pushed by such an excellent youth team at the time, but there were challenges everywhere. At Manchester United, I first moved from midfield to centre-back, but at that time we had a perfect centre-back combination of Bruce and Pallister, so right-back became my only breakthrough. But at that time, even when the main player Paul Parker was injured and I had already entered the first team, I didn't think the coach trusted me very much.
And not just him, Schmeichel also gave me color. We were doing passing practice, and he just picked my ball out of the air, as if to say: "You are not good." But three or four years later, during a team event, he came up to me and said: "You Prove me wrong. "I still remember Bruce tearing me to pieces, Hughes lecturing me for not getting the ball into my half, Cantona's glare, Keane and Ince's roar. Don’t forget, this is all before you meet the coach. Tough school, but the best teaching. These guys have won a lot of accolades, and they're like, can these kids keep me a champion? I am the same as they were back then.
Of course, 15 years has not been smooth sailing. In my second season at Manchester United, I was a substitute in the FA Cup final. In the World Club Championship in Brazil in 2000, I made a lot of mistakes against Vasco da Gama, and this has always affected my performance in the European Cup that year. It was a hectic time in the middle of his career.
Manchester United has also contacted a number of right backs over the years, including Cafu, Trabelsi and Cicinho. But I remember when the team signed Bloomqvist, a player made fun of Giggs, and Giggs just turned around and said: "He better be okay." So if we sign a Right back, I would also say, he better be okay because I will never give up easily. This will be another challenge. But I have been used to this since I was 11 years old. But I have to remind myself all the time, if I really want to persist until the 550th game. “Thomas Edison said, Genius is one percent inspiration and ninetynine percent perspiration. Without the one percent of inspiration, all the perspiration in the world is only a bucket of sweat….”——By Cindi Myers
“ Thomas Edison said 'Genius is 1 inspiration and 99 perspiration' but without that 1 inspiration, all the sweat is in vain" - Cindy Mills
Edison's famous saying was quoted by Cindy Mills According to the evaluation, Mills's point of view is that only geniuses can surpass others with that 1 inspiration. Of course, it's true to say that. George Best, who was entangled with women and alcohol, began to decline at the age of 22, but he still couldn't erase his legendary color. Even if Puskas dragged that "pregnant woman" "Pregnant" belly can also help Real Madrid sweep Europe for five consecutive years. No matter how depraved Ronaldo is, he will still not be without the ball. Even at the age of 15, Norman Whiteside underwent surgery by a stupid physiotherapist. This resulted in permanent hip damage, but he could still help Manchester United win the FA Cup alone in 1985...
But what about Gary Neville? When he was young, people questioned whether he could play more than 50 games for Manchester United. In 1993, people evaluated him as having 0 football talent. He didn’t even have a physical advantage like height. When Giggs and Beckham Teammates like Tom and even Nicky Butt who grew up together showed better talents than him or read the overall situation of the game. When a ball was missed, Cantona and Hughes ran over from 50 yards away and used it. When greeting with words starting with f. He will bear it silently, and he can only bear it. Who said he wasn't a genius?
"From the age of 16 to 31, I tried my best. In fact, this is also the minimum standard, but we have seen many players leave early because they failed to do this. They all have more skills than me. Talent. "He always knew that since he didn't have that 1% of inspiration, he would have to put in 100% of sweat.
After that, he began to cut off all contact with his friends and started training 45 minutes earlier than others. The training content was to practice passing the ball against the wall. When he looked back on these past events, he showed a sneer and asked, "It sounds cruel." , isn't it? "Of course it's cruel, who makes him not a genius!
How did Beckham develop his free kick skills? It's because after every team training, 50 set pieces must be practiced. Everyone knows this, and it better proves Edison's famous saying, even if you are born superior, you have to work hard to be worthy of being called a genius, but no one knows that when Beckham is training free kicks, It was Gary Neville helping to pick up the ball. Yes, no one will care about these things, because he will not be valued at all, let alone be called a genius, not to mention "geniuses" abound, but only hard work can create an iron army, Ferguson knows, Neville He also knew that, so leaving early and returning late became a habit he had maintained for more than ten years.
On January 22, 2006, when Ferdinand scored a header to beat Liverpool in the last minute of the game, Neville ran to the away fans stand at Old Trafford and kissed the team emblem on his jersey. Liverpool fans were provocative. That time was also the first time he let everyone know that Manchester United had long been in his blood.
“My brother always celebrates like that when we beat Liverpool. It means a lot to him and I think people should just let it go.”——By Gary Neville
“When My brother always celebrates like this when we beat Liverpool and it means a lot to him and I don't think some people have to worry about that." - Gary Neville
March 6, 2006. , his 500th appearance for Manchester United.
"To have played at this club for so long and get to 500 matches is something I never would have dreamed of." - By Gary Neville
"To have played at this club for so long and get to 500 matches is something I never would have dreamed of." Playing the ball for a long time and being able to play 500 times, this is something I never dreamed of." - Gary Neville
It was only in 2006 that the fans began to understand the sweat and perseverance. In 2006, he became the captain of Manchester United. In 2006, he lifted the trophy for Manchester United for the first time as captain. In 2006, he became the eighth person to represent Manchester United with more than 500 appearances. This man who was doubted by everyone at the beginning has used his unyieldingness in 17 years and 552 games to interpret an unusual legend for Manchester United - the beginning of unyielding, the growth of unyielding, the decline of unyielding, until now the withdrawal of unyielding. What else will he bring to us? God knows. He is old and can no longer make up for his lack of talent with sweat as he did when he was young, but regardless of it, he has left his own legend at Old Trafford and set a path for all young players. Role model, what more could we ask for? He doesn't have Cafu's lightning speed; he doesn't have Carlos's thunderous free kicks; he doesn't have Maldini's rock-solid stability; he doesn't have Zamburota's versatility. When the best full-backs of this period are selected a hundred years later, few people may mention Gary Neville's name. This short Englishman who looks like Hitler has never been regarded as a superstar full-back. Even so, who cares?
In the hearts of all the Red Devils, he is one of the important officials in Manchester United winning the Triple Crown (Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League); he is the creator and witness of the red dynasty; The Manchester United captain who works silently on the right wing is the eternal hero of Old Trafford.
This is enough.
If he were taller, he would be the best defender in England.
——Ferguson
Gary couldn't be any taller, so he became a right-back for England and Manchester United. God is destined to make England and Manchester United lose an excellent central defender, but England and Manchester United do not have to worry about the right back. When criticism, doubt, and hatred followed one after another, Gary has become the most important member of Manchester United and England. Unknowingly, he has occupied the main right back position of the club and the national team for more than ten years. A former coach of Manchester United's youth team recalled: "At that time, I was worried whether his number of appearances for Manchester United would exceed double digits." But on March 26, 2006, Neville played for Manchester United for the 500th time and became He is the eighth player in Manchester United's history to have played 500 games, and many people don't know that Gary is already the defender with the most appearances for the England national team.
Without height, speed, thin body and mediocre skills, young Gary is a mediocre player, while his younger brother Phil has a higher starting point and talent than his older brother. In the Manchester United youth team, Giggs, Butt, and Scholes are all shining stars. Even Savage and Gillespie shined earlier than Gary. The person who eventually became the captain of Manchester United was not Beckham or Giggs, but this short boy with mediocre qualifications. He won the respect of everyone with his diligence and hard work, and he gained dominance in the locker room with his tenacity and perseverance. God rewards hard work, and the mediocre Neville perfectly interpreted the Red Devils' high fighting spirit and unyielding spirit, and became one of the greatest players in Manchester United's history.
If you don’t have extraordinary talent, you must work hard and keep up tenaciously. When I was 16 years old, I cut off contact with all my friends in order to train hard. It was cruel, but I always remembered my father's words: Never look back, rush forward to win more things. ——Gary Neville
He is not Keane. Gary is unwilling to yell at his teammates on the court. He always affects others in his actions and infects his teammates. He will make people feel the breath of the Red Devils and never give up moving forward. When Beckham left Madrid, he used his cross to prop up the right wing; when Queiroz changed to 433, he supported Ronaldo with solid defense; when McLaren changed to 352, he used non-stop running Take on the offense and defense on the wing. He is like a never-ending braggart, never satisfied.
When we dedicate endless words of praise to Gary, he always makes us "forget" and is always willing to play a supporting role, serving as a green leaf for Beckham and Ronaldo. But sometimes this "forgetting" is painful: after England was eliminated by Portugal in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, people remembered Beckham's tears, the tears of Ferdinand and Terry, and Gerrard. And Lampard collapsed helplessly, but forgot about Gary Neville beside him. He covered his face and cried. This may not be Beckham’s last World Cup, nor will it be the last for Gerrard and Lampard. ’s World Cup, let alone Ferdinand and Terry’s last World Cup, but it will almost certainly be his last World Cup. He helped England reach the quarter-finals with his solid performance, but he could only watch his teammates miss penalty kicks one after another. The brave Manchester United captain failed to suppress his tears in the end. Nothing was more disappointing than not being able to win the Gold Cup. He suffers.
The 800-year-old Manchester Cathedral, the special helicopter to welcome the newlyweds, the 170,000 pound engagement ring, the 100,000 pound live singer show... Perhaps, only Neville's best friend Beckham Mom's wedding can be compared with it.
Gary Neville, who has always been low-key, and sales girl Emma held the most spectacular wedding of this summer. Gary knew that he would not bring endless popularity and world-wide popularity to Emma like his best friend Beckham. Attention will not turn Emma into an entertainment celebrity like Rooney did. Ordinary, he just wants to bring an extraordinary wedding to his ordinary girlfriend, and say his declaration of love with the attention of the whole British people, "I swear, I will let the whole of England remember this day." Gary Neville road.
For Gary, 2007 was exciting enough. As the captain of Manchester United, he led Manchester United to regain the Premier League championship they had lost for three years, enter the Champions League semi-finals again after five years, and compete with Manchester United. My beloved girlfriend is married.
Gary was worried that he would become Sir Alex Ferguson's first captain without a championship. He has already lifted the English League Cup and the Premier League championship trophy for Manchester United. Next season, he will fight for more championships and is hungry for championships. Thirsty, Gary is like all Red Devils captains.
He is a mediocre person, but the right wing he guards has caused countless geniuses to run into obstacles. While those geniuses indulged in spending time and drinking, the mediocre Gary filled his honor book with trophies one after another. Mediocrity? This is perhaps the best compliment one can pay to Gary Neville's football career.