Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that

Home advantage gives you an advantage

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.

Practice makes permanent.

If you don't score you are not going to win a match.

To broaden your thinking, you have to expand the scope of your mind and imagination

Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

The first lesson about trusting your senses is: don't. Just because you believe something to be true, just because you know it's true, that doesn't mean it is true.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

How can you respect the world when you see it's being run by a bunch of kids turned old?

I did it once in high school - I was Sandy in Grease - and I decided then that I would never do it again. I've felt that way for years, and that's no bullshit.

Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.

Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.

We can never grasp the extent of our depravity until we recognize the excellencies of our created dignity

In a household of toddlers and pets, we discover this rule of thumb about happy families - that they are least two-thirds incontinent.