Gary Lineker Quotes
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.
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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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Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
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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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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 only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
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Twitter has been a godsend for travelling.
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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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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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In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.
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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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World Cups can be career-defining.
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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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Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.
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You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.
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Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children.
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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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It would be more weird if people didn't stare at me or shout at me.
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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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What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.