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" I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness. "

Gary Lineker

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" 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. "

Gary Lineker

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" 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. "

" I watched Leicester City lose in the 1969 FA Cup final with my dad and granddad when I was eight and cried all the way home. I have seen them get promoted and relegated. I played for them for eight years. I even got a group of like-minded fans and friends to stump up a few quid to salvage the club when they went into liquidation. "

" Being called Gary. It's a crap name. I wish I'd been called by my middle name, Winston. "

" We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football. "

" Most clubs would actually like homegrown players because they're a lot cheaper. "

Gary Lineker

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" This whole science thing of working out if players are a little bit tired just gives you an excuse to leave them out. "

" When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire. "

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

" The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What's happening to our country? "

" I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy. "

" I remember Nayim at Tottenham dived all over the place, and we used to say to him, 'What are you doing?' You do talk about it. "

" We have got too many kids around the house to have a romantic meal at home. But Danielle is a fantastic cook. She does a brilliant lasagne, great roasts and a great chilli dish. She knows the way to my heart. "

" A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups. "

" Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry. "

" I've been in the public eye so long, I can't remember how it was when it was different - from my mid-20s onwards, when my career started to blossom and I became an international, world cups and things. "

" Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football. "

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

Gary Lineker

Attention

" You cannot get involved in debate on 'MOTD'. You can do it on Sky because they've got hours and hours. We've got a couple of minutes. It's a very disciplined show. Our primary purpose is to show the action, and the analysis is very secondary. We have lots of people who would prefer no analysis. We have lots of people who would prefer more analysis. "

" 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! "

" Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through. "

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

" I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs. "