We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. His passing and shooting is of the highest level and he’s the most consistent and naturally gifted player we’ve had for a long, long time.

I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.

There's no way the future's over for Martin Keown, Tony Adams or David Seaman.

You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.

Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless

I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that.