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I'm not the best, Paul Scholes is. -- Edgar Davids
Paul Scholes. The best! Great player, person, friend! -- Gary Neville
Playing with Paul Scholes is like playing with the light on. -- Carlos Queiroz
Everyone of us should emulate him. We can all learn from Paul Scholes. -- Peter Schmeichel
Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, great player, world class player, the English Zizou. -- Samir Nasri
Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team. -- Marcello Lippi
Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is. -- Michael Carrick
The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders. -- Andrea Pirlo
If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. -- Alan Shearer
What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football. -- Kevin Keegan
The greatest compliment I can pay Paul Scholes is that he reminds me of Bryan Robson, the way he bombs into the box. -- Ray Wilkins
Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career. -- Michael Owen
I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best. -- Ryan Giggs
I'm star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can't catch him. Off the pitch he disappears. -- Luis Figo
Maybe one small regret is that I never got to play with Paul Scholes - but I was never going to leave Barcelona and he was never going to leave Manchester United. -- Xavi
Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team - that goes to show how highly I have always rated him. An all-round midfielder who possesses quality and character in abundance. -- Marcello Lippi
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. -- Thierry Henry
It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play. -- Zinedine Zidane
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. -- Gordon Strachan
He was magnificent; very clever with outstanding technique. He could pass the ball over five yards or fifty; he could see things to set up other people; he could shoot and he could score goals. If you gave me Paul Scholes and ten others, I would be happy. I would tell them to give him the ball and then we would have a good team. -- Sven-Goran Eriksson
Paul Scholes is literally on another planet -- Kieron Dyer
Paul Scholes should be included in England's Euro 2012 squad. -- Harry Redknapp
To me, Paul Scholes was in a class of his own. -- Wayne Rooney
Paul Scholes and Gary Neville are the centrefolds of Man United -- Dwight Yorke
Some of Paul Scholes' tackles come in so late they arrive yesterday. -- Clive Tyldesley
I am a big admirer of Paul Scholes, he is one of the best players of his generation. -- Arjen Robben
Paul Scholes is the best player I've ever played with. There's talent in every part of his game. -- Gary Neville
Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football. -- Bobby Charlton
Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I've ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend. -- Joey Barton
Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player! -- Jack Wilshere
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. -- Gary Neville
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. -- Bobby Charlton
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. -- Bobby Charlton
I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable. -- Alex Ferguson
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For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He scores and creates goals, he can pass the ball, he can head it, and rounds all this off with a competitive streak. -- Alan Shearer
Paul Scholes was always unbelievably talented. Quiet. And dirty. When he got his tackle right, it was a great tackle. But when he got it wrong, he could kill someone. He was so talented and a player I feel honoured to have played with. -- David Beckham
For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play. -- Thierry Henry
Best player? For me, it's Paul Scholes. He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, "You see that tree over there?" - it'll be 40 yards away - "I'm going to hit it". And he'll do it. Everyone at the club considers him the best. -- Rio Ferdinand
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Rooney is one of the best players in the world and I love watching him play. But if you had to pick out only one, then for their history and for all that they have achieved it would have to be Paul Scholes or Ryan Giggs. They are two shining examples for any player. -- Andres Iniesta
Sad to hear of Paul Scholes retirement! One of the best midfielders to grace the Premiership! Idolised him for years! Legend. -- Jordan Henderson

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