Top 17 Paul Gascoigne Quotes

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

I’ve learnt and I just want to be respected for what I’ve achieved on the pitch. I know I haven’t achieved much off it but I do know I’ve given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.

You learn, right, a lot of people’s problems – why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink – is because they can’t say one word and it’s N-O, no.

Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I’m going to.

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I’m learning to say I’ve got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.

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

I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you’ve got to. But I try not say that I’m an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it’s a disease I’ve got.

But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.

I never predict anything, and I never will.

I’m going to do things when they are right for me.

Anyway, how can you sack anyone who still hasn’t got a contract. I’ll be there for the game and I’ll stand behind the dugout giving instructions to the players from there. They will respond to me more than the next manager.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

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.

I do want to be a manager one day. It might be 10 years, I don’t know when.

I’ve got a bit of money in the bank. I’m quite comfortable.

At the end of it, I’ll maybe do a coaching badge but I’m not going to get forced into things.

I don’t really do pranks any more. I have a laugh in the dressing room here, where it’s safe, and the guys don’t go to the papers and tell them what I’ve done.