A lot of people say you always come back to what you are good at. Football has been 25 years of my life, so maybe I'll come back to it in some sort of way.

Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

I really like Arsenal. But you, do you like Arsenal? Or just Arsenal with Trophies?

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends.

You have to shoot, to want to score goals no matter how. Just score that goal! You can't be afraid to miss.

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.

People can say the money doesn't really matter but it does show you how much a club respects you.

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the atmosphere and the fans were just fantastic.

A wise man once found peace in the practice of saying nothing, leaving the gossiper with no other choice but to fabricate gossip about a wise man saying nothing

Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this.

It’s finding out where we came from that helps guide us to where we are going.

And I certainly intend to direct someday.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

There are compensations for growing older. One is the realization that to be sporting isn't at all necessary. It is a great relief to reach this stage of wisdom.

In too many cases, if our Government had set out determined to destroy the family, it couldn't have done greater damage than some of what we see today.

My challenge as university minister is about getting right balance of teaching and research.

Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe.

How fast you are moving is more important than where you are.