To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.
I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.
I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.
The reasons for calling it a day were more rational. As a footballer it is not just about the playing a match, that was the easy bit.
Michael is a talented footballer and a great lad who I know will fit in well here. He will add a new dimension to the midfield, which will improve our options and add a much-needed strength and depth to the squad.
Yeah, but that's what happens here, ... If a footballer has marital difficulties, he gets a bit of stick
He was the equal of anyone I ever saw play. I knew I was playing with a footballer and an athlete.
The players are stunned because this is the worst thing that can happen to a footballer in his career. There will be scars for life.
I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.
It's a film about the pull of the past and the fact that whether you're a rehabilitating heroin addict or an ageing rugby league footballer or even a criminal kingpin, you have to let go of the past in order to live the present,