I had a nice time over Christmas. I watched EastEnders - blimey, that makes my job look easy!

At the moment we've only got 16 first-team players and my initials stand for Mick McCarthy, not Merlin the Magician (the new Wolves manager gets the excuses in early!)

It wasn't a monkey on my back, it was Planet of the Apes.

Inter have bought the finished article and there's no doubt he can keep improving.

No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret but no, no regrets.

I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey.

We're football people, not poets, but obviously I'm disappointed with the result.

People who are ordinarily understood to dislike each other or at least to be indifferent toward each other discover that they have much in common.

Why is it "in" to be a christian, but "out" to live a holy life?

I don't want terror in America.

I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.

I now know that some people feel unhappiness the way others love: privately, intensely, and without recourse.

I am an American citizen, first class. I don't have a bade that makes me an official good guy like you, but Im work just as honest for a living.

I grew up Catholic. I'm not religious now but I would say that I'm a very spiritual person and you're always in search of answers.

Where I would usually backspace, I stop and say, "You know what? This is important, that I say how I feel and don't sugarcoat it, and don't avoid it."

Modesty is the key to success

Always he had wanted to tell somebody about his life, but when he had tried, his confidante had looked at him.