There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.
Alan ShearerAt times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.
Alan ShearerThere is another side to me which people don't often see, but it's very hard for me to show that. When I do interviews, I'm talking to people I don't know and when you speak to a stranger you don't open up, do you? In my position, people are always looking for something to say about me. And anything I do say, given half-a-chance they'll turn it round into something spectacular so I've got to be very careful. That's why it's only my friends and family who know the real me. Now my wife, Lainya, she could tell you a few stories.
Alan Shearer