The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win.

They have a few drinks, and maybe the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.

No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being

If it had come to a fight, Patrick [Vieira] could probably have killed me.

People say 'go with the flow' but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish.

Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind.

I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.

I got Robbie's mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it's Robbie - whazzup!' Like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: 'I can't be f****** signing that'.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.

I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.

How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.

Belief in yourself is more important than endless worries of what others think of you. Value yourself and others will value you. Validation is best that comes from within.

I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.

Writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for wordlessness.

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly.

You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.

A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.

Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts.

Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago

Unfortunately they're practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say - my partners in crime.