RESPECT

"He is the top man, an excellent player. One of his greatest attributes is he never gives anything up. He’s always in there battling - in fact, he is a bit like a Scot! I would say he is better than I was.”

"There is nobody better suited to play a striker's role for Manchester United than Ruud Van Nistelrooy."

Van Nistelrooy admitted: "If a person like him says things like that, it means a lot to you."