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

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.

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

When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

Speak to the breeze cautiously during those lonely summer nights.

Woman must come of age by herself -- she must find her true center alone.

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

We must not expect simple answers to far-reaching questions. However far our gaze penetrates, there are always heights beyond which block our vision.

I loved doing 'Countdown.' I now consider that I was very, very lucky - not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted for so long.

WHEN YOUR HEART IS ALIVE, you are always beautiful. Always. Even in the morning.

The greatest sin today in the church is the man in the pew who is ignorant of the Bible.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

A million people can call the mountains a fiction, yet it need not trouble you as you stand atop them.

But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth