Alan Quotes

I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football.

As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age.

No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.

This is the better one. It's identical.

Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless

I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.

You only get one chance of an England debut.

I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.

I like the tag of being the world's most expensive player. It's an honour and a privilege.

I made no secret of the fact I'd love to stay in football and to do that, you need badges. I'm starting them and that's the next step for me - to continue this next season.

The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working in.

I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic.

Lampard picks his head up and knocks it out to the wing.

I'd like to play for Newcastle United before I retire. The club is in my blood.

You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.

When I go home every night, I can look in the mirror and say I have given 110 per cent for Newcastle United. If people aren't happy with that, I can't give any more.

I've got two girls. I like to play golf. Apart from that there's not a lot goes on in my life. So I am boring, aren't I?

I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.

There's no way the future's over for Martin Keown, Tony Adams or David Seaman.

Al is on the surface. And it's been a long way, but we're here.

I can hit it farther on the moon. But actually, my swing is better here on Earth.

Because of the suit I was wearing, I couldn't make a good pivot on the swing. And I had to hit the ball with one hand.

The same way people are now paying a couple thousand dollars to fly to other parts of the world, people will be paying $50,000 to spend a weekend on a space station.

We need a continuing presence in space.

I think first of all you have to be there for the right reason.

We had some adverse conditions in the '60s, in the '70s and the '80s. The agency has risen above that in the past and will rise above that again.

Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here.

The suit was so clumsy, being pressurized, it was impossible to get two hands comfortably on the handle and it's impossible to make any kind of a turn. It was kind of a one-handed chili-dip.

Whatever people think I am or say I am, that's what I am not.

A mode of thought does not become 'critical' simply by attributing that label to itself, but by virtue of its content.

Why should self-indulgent nonsense - whatever its professed political orientation - be lauded as the height of scholarly achievement?

I don't really like ska.

As strange as it may sound, I think I'm a lot more at peace with the fact that you can't guarantee you're going to be all right [at] any time.

Believe me, man, there are people who are going to have way more troubles mentally than I am.

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

Anybody who's putting out records is probably not making money at it.

We all know people who have worse fates. What do I have to complain about for Christ's sake? I have a beautiful wife and kids, and all this music, kids are paying my bills.

I'm trusting everyone around me who seems to be confident and happy with what we're up to.

I actually like taking a mic and plugging it into an amp and giving it to a kid to see what they do, 'cause they flip out. They're way more in touch with their voices than we give them credit for.

Most of the time when musicians get together, there's always that variance - always someone's a little ahead of the beat, someone's a little behind, you just hope it meshes.

I've got a real love-hate thing with the saxophone. I've got to be careful.

I am not looking for a friend; if I want a friend I'd buy a dog.

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.

I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.

My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.

I've got a gut feeling in my stomach. . .

I've just got an exceptional memory, if I say so myself.

Not everybody needs to go to university; they can get out and start working straight away.

Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.