In his youth Michael Owen was literally a greyhound.

But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.

Most goals are scored between the posts.

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.

Me Grandad is 74 and he's football bananas, so me nan gets loads of grief.

The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.

You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.

I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness.

Arsenal's width comes from wide areas.

Gareth Bale literally has three lungs

The prosaic fact of the universe's existence alone defeats both the pragmatist and the romantic.

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day

O sin what hast thou done to this fair earth!

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one.

Growing up I played in garage bands and cover bands with my older brother, and he got us a gig opening up for some hippie jam band. I was 15. I felt like such an adult!

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

President Bush said that our kids must be taught how to read. He said if his aides never learned to read, they'd never be able to tell him what's in the newspapers every day.

If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel.

When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality shows. But I always turned them down.