I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but then Fabio Capello took over and he never picked me again.

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

Throw away the doctrine of waiting for confirmation

Existing is exhausting.I want to live - How to be

Work Hard Until You No Longer Have To Introduce Yourself.

We all have a different answer to what defines our happiness and fulfillment, but for all of us it begins with inner peace. Without inner peace, happiness and fulfillment is hard to reach.

It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television.

I always lived in old buildings, and I thought about who lived here before. You'd have to be oblivious not to.

I really believe this team has a lot of potential - whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know.

Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and indulgent.

On the ocean of life let your mind be the ship and your heart be the compass.

O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.