We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that

Home advantage gives you an advantage

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.

Practice makes permanent.

If you don't score you are not going to win a match.

Is there anything more heartbreaking than drowning in sight of land? Is there a single one of us who hasn't at least once felt haunted by the fear of slipping away within sight of a safe haven?

My optimism? Where I grew up our principal cultural expression was the funeral. Whatever keeps me going, it isn't optimism.

The rate of profit... is naturally low in rich and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.

The sea drinks the air and the sun the sea.

Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.

I'm still the same. That's why the fans love me. Because they need stability in the industry.

He that gives me small gifts would have me live.

[On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country.

Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.

It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest.