You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'.

Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.

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

I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic.

People are very proud of Newcastle, very proud to come from here. This is a working class City and they just want to enjoy themselves and live life to the full. They work all week, pick their wages up at the end of the week and they spend it over a weekend by having a good time and watching the football. That's our life.

The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working in.

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.