If Malaysia’s player have habits like Giggsy… we will never been in 156th place in FIFA ranking!
Ryan Giggs fears that home-grown British youngsters could be blocked from emulating his dazzling career by foreign imports.
Giggs was at the forefront of Manchester United’s golden generation of the early-to-mid Nineties that also included David Beckham, Paul Scholes, the Neville brothers, Nicky Butt and Wes Brown.
He even went on the wagon for a spell around his 30th birthday and claims if he could have his time again he wouldn’t touch booze at all.
“You have to do everything you can to be a top player,” he said. “Make sacrifices. Players don’t drink as much now as they did when I first got into the team.
“I have never been a big drinker but if I went back to being 17 again I wouldn’t touch it. I have a few drinks in the summer but not much. When I was younger I would go out on a Saturday night and get away with it. I didn’t drink for 18 months or so when I was about 30. I wanted to change my game.”
Giggs’ only injury problems have been with his hamstrings – a common curse for quick players. But he has beaten the problem in recent years.
“Fortunately, I’ve never had an operation in my life but I’ve always been conscious of my hamstrings, it is always at the back of my mind,” he said.
“I used to always get problems when I was flying, when I was playing well and I felt good and I was sprinting to the maximum.
“But I don’t think I have ever really sprinted since I was 25. Not like when I was younger. Also I started doing yoga. It’s a programme more tailored towards footballers to strengthen you.”
What has also helped Giggs is the fact that while he certainly liked a night out when he was younger, he never chased the celebrity spotlight in the same way as old pal Beckham.
He told Icons magazine: “I didn’t embrace it like Becks did. He was comfortable with it. I was comfortable with the football, with the photo-shoots, but I was never comfortable with people following me. I wanted to go out with my mates and enjoy myself. I felt it would have affected my football.”
Giggs holds up team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo as an example of a modern player who has embraced every aspect of sports science to ensure he is always at his peak.
“Cristiano is dedicated in every part of his lifestyle and the people he has around him,” said Giggs.
“He has his diet, the way he looks after himself. He goes to the gym. He leads his life for football. He plays every game for us so he has got to be like that. - Daily Express UK
Read this and you know why Ryan Giggs can maintain his football quality until today and Malaysia football were such a LOSER. It is quite unbelievable to know that top players actually keep their diet so tightly and didn’t drink for more than a year just because he love football so much!!
I will always salute Ryan Giggs..he is the BEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD..THE LIVING LEGEND!
18 Dec 2008 manutd 0 comments
