“My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.”

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

There’s room for boys’ and girls’ football in the world-that’s what I believe.

I left United, but my Heart didn’t.

As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.

I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.

I feel I can still do the same job as I did 10 years ago – I’ve just got a few more wrinkles!

I don’t regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.

It’s not easy when someone pulls your ponytail.

You can be the one – in – a – million. Don’t be discouraged by the odds to Succeed.

I don’t think I have reached a plateau. I have just reached the level where I am today. But I need to go above it.

Is the Pope Catholic. No I’m serious. I really need to know.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t retire – I love playing for my country.

I’ve always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I’ve always been a proud person, I’m very patriotic.

Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.

I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite – dark and loud.

I have come to accept that if I have a new haircut it is front page news. But having a picture of my foot on the front page of a national newspaper is a bit exceptional.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

I have been a wanderer among distant fields. I have sailed down mighty rivers.

In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.

Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.

An understanding partner is a must on a cricket field, somebody who shares your beliefs and supports you along each journey.

I never was a good scorer in this field.