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" Ferrari or Lamborghini. Never fancied one of those - too flash for me. I don't really like seeking too much attention. "

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" Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element. "

" In this country, since footballs made from pigs' bladders were whacked into goals without nets, we've played on full-size pitches. Whatever our age. "

" 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. "

" I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people. "

" I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters. "

" When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped. "

" The truth is I don't feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to. "

" It's nice to have the power of Twitter to correct things that were incorrect. "

" I can't understand why someone wouldn't have a degree of sympathy for people that had to flee their country, travel to try and find their home somewhere, and nobody wants them. How could you not be a little bit sympathetic? "

" I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too. "

" My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather. "

" My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage. "

" Twitter has been a godsend for travelling. "

" World Cups can be career-defining. "

" In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining. "

" What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time. "

" You never know how long a player has left, especially with strikers. Once you turn 30, as a striker, you are usually on the way down, and playing from the age of 16, at such a high level, has to take its toll. "

" That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever. "

" I've now been in over 100 adverts for Walkers, and we've had a lot of laughs along the way. "

" I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life. "

" I think I'm expected to behave in a certain manner. "

" We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job. "

" My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways. "

" When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers! "

" People are possibly not spelling 'Leicester' correctly everywhere round the globe, but they are at least saying it correctly now. "

" There is Twitter outrage at everything. Be it a pair of trousers or a short skirt, somebody, somewhere, will not like it. "

" It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor. "

" I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life. "

" Ooh, it's too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well-received but that was before she started studying Shakespeare at drama college. Now I feel so inept. "

" I've had hundreds of requests from journalists all over the world asking me to speak about Leicester, which is astonishing. It's captured the imagination. "