Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl,except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.

If it stays as it is I can't see it altering.

Napoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me.

Very few great goals actually go in.

It was nothing personal: if it had been, I would have left him on so he could have suffered like everyone else.

Carlos Tevez's English should be better than what it is

Footballers are no different from human beings.

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager.

Some people walk with oceans in their hearts

My first love was everything, all at once. The kind of love you fight for, the kind of boy you fight for.

The most customer-centric organizations can answer any question by deciding what's best for the customer, without ever having to ask.

A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.

You can't go forward if you're looking backward. You run into walls that way.

They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself.

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?

The only certainty is uncertainty

The fool who repeats again and again: "I am bound, I am bound," remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: "I am a sinner, I am a sinner," becomes a sinner indeed.

Nothing worth doing can be accomplished in a single lifetime.