Jermaine Jenas is a fit lad. He gets from box to box in all of 90 minutes

When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that

Home advantage gives you an advantage

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.

Practice makes permanent.

Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

He held her hand and shook his head. "They're inside, part of us by now. They are us. Where can we escape?

...Nature has its unexpected and unappreciated mercies.

Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results we value it in the act.

The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.

I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done.

Great children's books are wisdom dipped in words and art.

The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.

Oh, he's on top of it. It was volunteer only, but he pretended not to notice me waving my hand in the air," says Haymitch. "See? He's already demonstrated good judgment.