Gary Lineker Quotes
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This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth.
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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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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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I don't feel that I'm particularly political. I'm interested in politics; I'll express my view if I feel strongly about something, but humanitarian issues, I think, are slightly different.
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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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The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League.
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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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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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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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The possibility that a provincial town could win the League completely bucks the trend.
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A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups.
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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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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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I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.
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I'm in good shape.
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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 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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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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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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I hear it all the time in the street: 'It's the crisp bloke.'
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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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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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Being called Gary. It's a crap name. I wish I'd been called by my middle name, Winston.