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I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn't very entertaining for me.
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Football is a sad game.
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If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pele.
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When I was playing, there were always lots of teams in contention for the league - Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Leeds. Every week was a big game and a big battle.
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I was the one who took football off the back pages and put it on to page one.
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We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
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Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.
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I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
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My one big regret is that I didn't play on for ten more years.
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Players today moan about the number of games, but when you're young, you can't play enough.
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He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.
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I used to rush home to see 'Match Of The Day.' Whatever I was doing, I wouldn't miss it.
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In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.
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David Beckham has never impressed me.
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