Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.

Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.

I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic.

Defeat is not worth thinking about.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'.

I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.

If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.

If Stalin gives you a love advice, it has to succeed.

I'm very into Taylor Swift. From her music to her wardrobe, she is absolutely killing it. Also, she has adorable cats that I would love to pet.

This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

In wildness is the salvation of the world.

The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.

Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.

Never run from what you don't understand, as it will be waiting for you every time you come to a stop.

Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.

Negative feelings choke the Lord’s word in us.

Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it.