Gary Lineker Quotes
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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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Basically, Walkers are putting real produce into their flavours, so the cheese and onion flavour is actually cheese and onion rather than just flavourings.
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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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If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it.
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In terms of aesthetics, I probably look better than I did when I played.
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Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.
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Twitter has been a godsend for travelling.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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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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I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people.
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I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths.
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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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I've got about 5 million followers on Twitter, and if I tweet anything, there will be faux outrage.
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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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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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Ferrari or Lamborghini. Never fancied one of those – too flash for me. I don't really like seeking too much attention.
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There is Twitter outrage at everything. Be it a pair of trousers or a short skirt, somebody, somewhere, will not like it.
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I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.
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What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.
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Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children.
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I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.
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It would be more weird if people didn't stare at me or shout at me.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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If I hadn't have been good enough at football, I'd have been a sports journalist - which is what I do now anyway. Or a cricketer. I might have been a cricketer.