I wanted to show them I will never give up. We have to keep together. I still believe in myself. I will never change. The players need to release the rubbish from their brains.

The man who comes to take care of my piranhas told me that if I left West Ham he would kill all my fish.

I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.

Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.

A lion can't stay in a cage. A lion has to be on the pitch.

Only if we realise how sh*t we were at Blackburn can we improve.

We need to have lectures about why we can't have every day things like mayonnaise, ketchup and Coke.

I am a fascist, not a racist.

The shopping is not finished and before the pre-season starts I would like to bring in another two players. I like shopping, maybe I have become a woman.

Let's be honest. We're not Manchester United or Arsenal, are we?

David James is a cretin.

Anything in life is possible when you work hard to achieve it.

A secure individual... knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with himself-and he accepts that responsibility.

You cannot stand anywhere in the universe that is outside of yourself.

Where there is no waste, there is no want.

I like playing basketball and going to the gym. I don't box, but I'll ride my bike and go jogging or running in the park. Sometimes my lady and I go hiking.

Genre fiction, as Terry Pratchett has pointed out, is a stew. You take stuff out of the pot, you put stuff back. The stew bubbles on.

I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. [Lat., Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.]

My friend Lou Reed came to the end of his song. So very sad.But hey, Lou, you'll always take a walk on the wild side. Always a perfect day.

Change your mind and it will change your life. If nothing around you changes, changes the things that are around you.

Until I know this sure uncertainty, I'll entertain the offered fallacy.