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" My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather. "
Gary Lineker
Cultures
Wife
Weather
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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. "
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Find
Think
See
" If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it. "
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Got
Crowd
Somebody
" 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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Attention
Like
Me
" I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too. "
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Good
Football
Games
" Diving is a really, really difficult one because a player is the only one who genuinely knows whether they have dived. You can look at it at 40 different angles and not know. And you can just fall over, too. "
Gary Lineker
Know
Difficult
Fall
" 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. "
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Purpose
Sky
You
" I generally have a brand of brief on every day. "
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Every
Day
Brand
" 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. "
Gary Lineker
Blossom
World
Eye
" 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. "
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High
Fact
Focus
" The possibility that a provincial town could win the League completely bucks the trend. "
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Trend
Could
Town
" I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed. "
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Leaving
Defeat
Few
" 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. "
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Heart
Great
House
" 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. "
Gary Lineker
Worry
Live
Going
" 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. "
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Day
Media
Think
" Must say though, I'm rather chuffed to have been called a 'luvvie'. "
Gary Lineker
Though
Been
Must
" Being called Gary. It's a crap name. I wish I'd been called by my middle name, Winston. "
Gary Lineker
Been
Being
I Wish
" I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life. "
Gary Lineker
I Am
Know
Blessed
" 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. "
Gary Lineker
Think
Love
Game
" World Cups can be career-defining. "
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Cups
World Cups
World
" Most clubs would actually like homegrown players because they're a lot cheaper. "
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Cheaper
Players
Like
" 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. "
Gary Lineker
Enough
Football
Now
" 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. "
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Work
Job
I Am
" A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups. "
Gary Lineker
Couple
Gone
You
" We do not want to alienate supporters. "
Gary Lineker
Alienate
Want
Supporters
" I think I'm expected to behave in a certain manner. "
Gary Lineker
Expected
Think
Manner
" I think if I'd ever had any skeletons in the closet, they'd have been out a long time ago. "
Gary Lineker
Closet
Think
Time
" 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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You
Live
Judge
" Football's the big cheese, if you like. It's easy to have a swipe. There's a lot of footballers, and when they fall foul, they become big news. "
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Cheese
Football
Fall
" We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don't deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers. "
Gary Lineker
Tree
You
Top
" People make mistakes. They say stupid things. "
Gary Lineker
Say
They Say
Stupid