Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through.

The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.

Glasgow Rangers. God I loved playing for them

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

I know I would have had a lot more trophies in my cabinet if I went with him [Sir Alex Ferguson].

I don't know whether I will drink again in my life but I didn't drink yesterday, I am not drinking today and I'll try not to drink again tomorrow.

What is the world coming to when you get a red card and get fined two weeks' wages for calling a grown man a wanker?

I never make predictions and I never will.

No one is ever going to be as good as I was

I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.

A boy is better unborn than untaught.

Over time, your actions betray your heart - for good or for evil.

Those who lead a literary life seem old when they're young and young when they're old, but they're never actually either. Like a good book, they are bound by neither category nor time.

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honour the territorial imperative.

What so tedious as a twice-told tale?

I was really hyperactive as a kid and no one knew how or where I got all this energy.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.

It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.

Love is not a desire for beauty; it is a yearning for completion.