'We were unconventional to say the least, but boredom was something we wanted to avoid at all costs.'

'Can that young Wayne Rooney live with all the hype? If he's as thick as I think he is, Yes.'

'You may have A Level's but you're thick as a footballer.' (To Martin O Neill)

'When Glenn Hoddle was going on about karma, I thought he'd arranged a friendly match against a club in Sri Lanka.'

'I called Robbo the fat man, but give him the ball and a he was an artist. The Picasso of our game.'

'Hey Hitler only took half an hour to get through the place and he stopped for twenty minutes to have tea. The Dutch were waving him through.' (On Holland)

'The only agent back then was James Bond and he only shafted woman - not entire football clubs.' (On football agents)

'I'll talk to a player for twenty minutes and then we'll decide I was right after all.'

'Real fame is when they spell your name right in Karachi and ordinary fame is when Mike Yarwood does an impression of you.'

'At last...England have appointed someone who speaks better English than the players.' (On Eriksson's appointment)

'Anyone who can do anything well in Leicester apart from making a jumper has just got to be a genius.' (On O Neill's management at Leicester City)

'I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and getting covered in mud.' (On women's football)

'That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking into his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that.'

'I only ever hit Roy Keane once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard.'