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.

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

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.

Though I knew how this failure would hurt you, I had to fold like a grey moth and let go.You could not believe I was more than your echo.

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

Having Reyes so near is painful. I think it has apoplexy." "Do you even know what that means?" "No, but it sounds serious. Like Ebola. Or hives

Hip hop has always been braggin' and boasting and 'I'm better at you than this' and 'I'm better at you than that.'

Let me begin by saying that I am one of those naturally wary people who considers the verb return a kind of insidious threat.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

We could have saved sixpence. We could have saved fivepence. But at what cost?

But the sea which no one tends is also a garden