Gary Lineker Quotes
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The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
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I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.
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The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
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Ultimately, if we can develop enough players, the balance of foreign players isn't great, but that's because we're not producing enough players.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
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I think if I'd ever had any skeletons in the closet, they'd have been out a long time ago.
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In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.
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Twitter has been a godsend for travelling.
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I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy.
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I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since.
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It's nice to have the power of Twitter to correct things that were incorrect.
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Must say though, I'm rather chuffed to have been called a 'luvvie'.
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People are fed up with the way things are. There is a lot of bitterness out there, a lot of anger about a lack of jobs and concerns for the next generation.
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World Cups can be career-defining.
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You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.
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The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.
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I've got about 5 million followers on Twitter, and if I tweet anything, there will be faux outrage.
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Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.
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Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.
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The competitive nature of most mums and dads is astounding. The fear they instil in our promising but sensitive Johnny is utterly depressing. We need a parental cultural revolution.
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Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.
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Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children.