You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.
Ryan GiggsI actually don't feel the years passing, although the younger players make sure to remind me of my age. If there's a clip of Bobby Charlton playing or a game's in black and white they'll ask: Were you playing in that Giggsy?
Ryan GiggsCelebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?
Ryan GiggsEvery one is special. Especially after the disappointment of last year, losing out on the last day, it is a great achievement by the lads.
Ryan GiggsEuropean football games or evening games seem to take a lot more out of you because you don't sleep that night. And as you get older, it gets worse.
Ryan GiggsI think after a big European game you're looking at four or five days. For two days afterwards I don't really do anything. I do a recovery the next day, which is bike work, a light stretch, some yoga and an ice bath after that. Then the second day I would just do the bike again for 20 minutes and then do some strides, which is box to box, just eight of them, just to get the legs going and the blood going again.
Ryan Giggs