Michael Owen Team Quotations

I'm confident in my position in the team and my value to the team from recent and past performances,

The better the opposition that's put in front of you, the better your team plays,

When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

[Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international level is much more difficult than it was a few years back because even the lesser teams are well organised and don't concede too many goals these days.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.

Often the biggest test is when the chips are down and you've got to stick together as a team.