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" If you are at the top in entertainment, you earn money that you can never justify to ordinary people doing proper jobs. You can't. "

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" I'm in good shape. "

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

" I hear it all the time in the street: 'It's the crisp bloke.' "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think medically, football is generally well looked after. There are always checks made. Anything which can be done to make footballers or sportsmen of any area safer has to be encouraged. "

" 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? "

" You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money. "

" Presenting football is something that I love to do. I'm very fortunate being able to do one of the BBC's flagship shows. "

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" Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you. "

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" I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too. "

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