Gary Lineker Quotes
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Playing football and presenting TV are totally different things, but there are similarities: it's exciting, it can go well, it can go badly... the difference is when presenting goes badly, it doesn't really affect anyone's life, whereas when you have a bad day on the pitch, it affects people's moods for a whole week.
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I've now been in over 100 adverts for Walkers, and we've had a lot of laughs along the way.
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Diving is a really, really difficult one because a player is the only one who genuinely knows whether they have dived. You can look at it at 40 different angles and not know. And you can just fall over, too.
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This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth.
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When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.
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The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League.
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A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups.
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I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.
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Presenting football is something that I love to do. I'm very fortunate being able to do one of the BBC's flagship shows.
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We do not want to alienate supporters.
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Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through.
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I'm in good shape.
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The possibility that a provincial town could win the League completely bucks the trend.
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We are in the the entertainment business, and we all know if you are top of the tree, you get big money.
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I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.
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We have got too many kids around the house to have a romantic meal at home. But Danielle is a fantastic cook. She does a brilliant lasagne, great roasts and a great chilli dish. She knows the way to my heart.
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Some players are quite homely, and they don't see themselves going abroad; others would relish the challenge. I can only speak personally, but I always wanted the challenge, and to go and live in a place like Barcelona was great.
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Football's the big cheese, if you like. It's easy to have a swipe. There's a lot of footballers, and when they fall foul, they become big news.
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The truth is I don't feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to.
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That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.
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In this country, since footballs made from pigs' bladders were whacked into goals without nets, we've played on full-size pitches. Whatever our age.
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We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don't deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers.
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I hear it all the time in the street: 'It's the crisp bloke.'
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I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.