Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.

You'll never win anything with kids

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

The best way to make something last is to believe that it won't.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: 'We got through another night!'

The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.

Letters are largely written to get things out of your system.

A true gangster can smell out a person's strenghts and weaknesses in a matter of minutes, but what they can sense most of all, what their bodies are most attuned to, is the scent of fear.

I like things that sound like maybe they shouldn't belong.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

That was the Alka-Seltzer moment, the moment when the tablet hits the water and begins to fizz.

I love hats; I love putting hats on. They are artwork. You can always go out and find a dress to wear for some occasion, but there are not that many occasions you can wear a hat.