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

" It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor. "

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

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

" Our games are not always the best, but they are exciting, which is what people love to see. "

" 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. "

" The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition. "

" I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths. "

" Being called Gary. It's a crap name. I wish I'd been called by my middle name, Winston. "

" 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. "

" Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office. "

" The competitive nature of most mums and dads is astounding. The fear they instil in our promising but sensitive Johnny is utterly depressing. We need a parental cultural revolution. "

" 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! "

" Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted. "

" 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. "

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

" People make mistakes. They say stupid things. "

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

" I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed. "

" It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Most clubs would actually like homegrown players because they're a lot cheaper. "

" 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. "

" World Cups can be career-defining. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him. "