We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.

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.

The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.

When they’re together, the world could fall apart around them and they’d never notice or care as long as they have each other.

Yoga does not start or end on your mat, but is present in every breath you take.

Will you read this? I think maybe it sucks. Or maybe it's awesome. It's probably awesome. Tell me it's awesome, okay? Unless it sucks." — Nick

To show that you truly care, you listen.

Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means puts the world in remembrance of his means.

I have always felt sympathy towards the biologists who accept to debate creationists. Now I also understand them better; one can fight opinions, not articles of faith.

I'm now much more aware of my mental state. I have a lot more control over it and can choose how I feel.

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one: but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

The States should be urged to concede to the General Government, with a saving of chartered rights, the exclusive power of establishing banks of discount for paper.