I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

The moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen.

I’ll never forget the club or him I don’t see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I'm not too sure about the last one.

I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

The praise of prayer.

The barrier to our future is often the very plans that we’ve created to get there.

She hugged me and I could feel the heat rise in my face, either from shame or love, like there was a difference.

Life without decency is unbearable.

... a man can safely sacrifice a great deal as long as he clings to the essential.

I try not to bore my readers.

I'm determined that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon.

Ringo is Ringo, that's all there is to it. And he's every bloody bit as warm, unassuming, funny and kind as he seems. He was quite simply the heart of the Beatles

I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems.

There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.