An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.

I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.

There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career.

I don't believe in superstitions. I just do certain things because I'm scared in case something will happen if I don't do them

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

I hate to admit this but I don't even know how to make a cup of tea or coffee. I can boil a kettle for a pot noodle and I've been known to warm up some food in the microwave.

To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.

To be the best you have to forget partying and concentrate all your energies on the football.

You need people who score goals. That's how you win games

It was a world that most fans never saw. One that many dreamed of.

When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.

We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

The foundations of the world will be shaky until the moral props are restored.

All of us, writers and non-writers alike, have incredible well-springs of personal experience and history. And we also have imagination - which I think is a kind of human miracle.

You've gotta do things that make you happy.

I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

I've always been a fan of Kate Winslet. She's very classy and a sexy little thing, too.

Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.

I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.