I've lost count of the number of referees who said they just loved referring my teams

Ali is the only person to make me feel insignificant. Old Big Ead was reduced to the size of a pinhead and I'm not too conceited to admit it

I'd rather be with the strongest than the weakest. Give me a choice between a gun that fires a single shot and one that keeps firing and I'll take the machine gun every time

I took my son Nigel and Roy Keane to visit some handicapped kids, we lit the place up, but they lit us up. When we came out I felt like a million dollars

On one memorable occasion I met Sinatra, he said 'Are you all right' They were the historic words, they are the words, the only words he uttered to me. I said 'Yes thanks for coming over.'

Some people think you can take your football boots off, put a suit on and become a manager. Then they find out there's a bit more to it than that

It doesn't take me long to spot if they can play - usually about a minute

I always tell directors and chairmen that they have only one decision to make - to pick someone to do the job that they can't do

I was worried early on for Trevor Francis, because of the size of the fee. But I quickly saw he was the type to carry it off - in fact, he seemed to thrive on it. If it had been me as a player, I'd have worried about it.

I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully...it's in about 200 years time

Whenever I felt a bit off colour I'd go and sit next door to John Robertson - then I looked like Errol Flynn

No one ever really gets the hang of me. I don't like them to - I like to keep people guessing

When I first won the League Cup in 1978, I stuck the trophy on the telly and just sat there eating fish and chips and gazing at it