Top 60 Wayne Rooney Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I love football, football is my life.”

— Wayne Rooney

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2. “I am mentally strong.”

— Wayne Rooney

3. “I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.”

— Wayne Rooney

4. “Perfect partners don’t exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.”

— Wayne Rooney

5. “I’m only a human being.”

— Wayne Rooney

6. “The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It’s better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.”

— Wayne Rooney

7. “You’re trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a ’memory before the game. I don’t know if you’d call it visualising or dreaming, but I’ve always done it, my whole life.”

— Wayne Rooney

8. “I grew up an Everton fan, my whole family are Everton fans and I grew up hating Liverpool. And that hasn’t changed.”

— Wayne Rooney

9. “Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.”

— Wayne Rooney

10. “I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I’ve done that since I was a young boy.”

— Wayne Rooney

11. “Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don’t seem to matter. It’s constant and harsh sometimes.”

— Wayne Rooney

12. “I’m proud I’m English and I’m passionate about my country.”

— Wayne Rooney

13. “I’ve trained all my life. I’ve always been one who enjoys training so it’s not something that I think I can just stop doing. It might not be as regular but I want to keep training.”

— Wayne Rooney

14. “I want to score in every game and win things. That’s the most important thing.”

— Wayne Rooney

15. “Those who said I’m not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.”

— Wayne Rooney

16. “If I’m staying in a hotel or I’m sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.”

— Wayne Rooney

17. “You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.”

— Wayne Rooney

18. “I’d have to say Thierry Henry. From the ages of ten to 16, watching him in the Premier League was amazing and he scored all different types of goals – free-kicks, volleys, left foot, right foot. He was entertaining. He’s probably the best centre-forward, I think, to play in the Premier League.”

— Wayne Rooney

19. “I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver – I can sing every tune.”

— Wayne Rooney

20. “Don’t call me a Postmodern!”

— Wayne Rooney

21. “Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we’re wearing – if it’s red top, white shorts, white socks or black socks. Then I lie in bed the night before the game and visualise myself scoring goals or doing well.”

— Wayne Rooney

22. “Nice to see your own fans booing you.”

— Wayne Rooney

23. “Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.”

— Wayne Rooney

24. “I love playing football but I am like everyone else, I hate losing and love winning.”

— Wayne Rooney

25. “Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.”

— Wayne Rooney

26. “Some players don’t like training and I’ve seen some players who aren’t bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.”

— Wayne Rooney

27. “There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For me, there would be trouble in stopping learning.”

— Wayne Rooney

28. “If you’re not scoring the frustrations build up.”

— Wayne Rooney

29. “I love Barbados, it’s really relaxing.”

— Wayne Rooney

30. “Football’s about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.”

— Wayne Rooney

31. “When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.”

— Wayne Rooney

32. “Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn’t seem right.”

— Wayne Rooney

33. “I don’t normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.”

— Wayne Rooney

34. “I like musicals and I love music.”

— Wayne Rooney

35. “Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling.”

— Wayne Rooney

36. “Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.”

— Wayne Rooney

37. “There’s a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.”

— Wayne Rooney

38. “The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.”

— Wayne Rooney

39. “I might have faults but I’m not a big head.”

— Wayne Rooney

40. “I’m not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I’m not really interested in that.”

— Wayne Rooney

41. “I love football, I’ve never really taken an interest in anything else.”

— Wayne Rooney

42. “For me, Scholesy’s the best footballer England has produced in my time. The way he controlled games, passed the ball, saw things that other players didn’t see; it was a pleasure to play with him and United were lucky to have him for so long.”

— Wayne Rooney

43. “I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.”

— Wayne Rooney

44. “I’ve learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.”

— Wayne Rooney

45. “I’ve matured since joining United, on and off the field.”

— Wayne Rooney

46. “When famous people come up to you it’s a bit weird, but it’s an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.”

— Wayne Rooney

47. “I’ll keep doing my training and I’m sure the goals will come.”

— Wayne Rooney

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

— Wayne Rooney

49. “When I was younger, I used to visualise myself scoring wonder goals, stuff like that.”

— Wayne Rooney

50. “I’ve started doing my coaching badges, I’d like to be a manager one day.”

— Wayne Rooney