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" I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since. "

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" That's what being a footballer is, really: you train at this time, you finish at that time, then you do that, then you go home, then you're not allowed out, then you do this... there comes a point in your career - about thirty, thirty-one - when you get a bit sick of being screamed at. "

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" 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. "

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

" Basically, Walkers are putting real produce into their flavours, so the cheese and onion flavour is actually cheese and onion rather than just flavourings. "

" It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere. "

" As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin. "

" 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. "

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

" The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children. "

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

" I try very hard to be bad, but people never take me seriously. "

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

" The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas. "

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

" The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been. "

" We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

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

Gary Lineker

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" World Cups can be career-defining. "

" I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment. "

" The two centre-backs, Rob Huth and Wes Morgan, are in many ways journeyman pros, but they have that wonderful attitude and never-say-die spirit that has culminated in them being top of the league. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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