Michel Platini has no bottle. He is not a great player.

They get to the quarter-finals, Bill, I'll show up with a dress on

Somewhere in there the grace of a ballet dancer joins with the strength of an SAS squaddie, the dignity of an ancient kind, the nerve of a bomb disposal officer.

Scots they're either nice or they're horrid and these two are horrid. The Scots wont like that Eamon, thats bordering on racism. Its not racism its ethnic criticism Bill.

You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers.

If ever a player was out of his class that night it was me.

Found out. A nothing player.

He's fat and a clown, Bill, a fat clown for all to see.

Kilbane's head is better than his feet. If only he had three heads, one on the end of each leg.

Ronaldo is a disgrace to the game. His petulance, temperament, throwing himself on the ground. It was a disgrace to professional football. This fella Ronaldo is a cod.

Every club he's been to has had great injury crises. Every club. And it's always hamstrings.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. Most people enjoy those rare moments when others make them feel important. It is one of the deepest human desires.

The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.

I woke up in morning and saw, world has moved on

It's never a good time, when you're the president of the United States and your own party is finding lots of different ways to distance themselves from you.

I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.

If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.

People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.

It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman

Slotted spoons don't hold much soup.

We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.