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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. "

Gary Lineker

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" I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free. "

" Ultimately, if we can develop enough players, the balance of foreign players isn't great, but that's because we're not producing enough players. "

" Some players are quite homely, and they don't see themselves going abroad; others would relish the challenge. I can only speak personally, but I always wanted the challenge, and to go and live in a place like Barcelona was great. "

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

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

" When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match. "

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

" In terms of aesthetics, I probably look better than I did when I played. "

" 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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" In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years. "

" 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. "

" 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. "