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

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" This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I generally have a brand of brief on every day. "

" 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. "

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