I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.

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?

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.

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.

Criticism is like politics: if you don't make your own you are by default accepting the status quo and are finally yourself responsible for whatever the status quo does to you.

Who's to know what makes a bird wake up and decide to change its song? It was written that our world would change and it changed.

Home is— Where the heart wants to dwell, Where the mind wants to dance, Where the air is always pleasant, And where love is always abundant.

Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures.

The idea that we need to “pay our dues” is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap.

I sit in the dark. And it would be hard to figure out which is worse; the dark inside, or the darkness out.

Each language has its own temperament; some languages make a poem more dramatic or sad, and others make it more playful.

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

We are not set apart to rule, but chosen and set apart to serve.

My life's purpose is to write poetry - but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.