Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.
The way children are taught football doesn’t encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What’s happening to our country?
Not many players would turn down a chance to play for Real Madrid and Barcelona, as they’re right at the top the tree in terms of football.
What you learn is that you can’t please everyone all the time.
If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you’ve got to swallow it.
If I hadn’t have been good enough at football, I’d have been a sports journalist – which is what I do now anyway. Or a cricketer. I might have been a cricketer.
We do not want to alienate supporters.
I think I’m expected to behave in a certain manner.
The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it’s been pretty good for us, and it’s been pretty good for Europe, and it’s kept peace.
The two centre-backs, Rob Huth and Wes Morgan, are in many ways journeyman pros, but they have that wonderful attitude and never-say-die spirit that has culminated in them being top of the league.
The World Cup is every four years, so it’s going to be a perennial problem.
Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.
It would be more weird if people didn’t stare at me or shout at me.
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