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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. "

Gary Lineker

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Must say though, I'm rather chuffed to have been called a 'luvvie'. "

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" In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't. "

" The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem. "

" This whole science thing of working out if players are a little bit tired just gives you an excuse to leave them out. "

" We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football. "

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

" Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football. "

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

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

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

" 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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