Never give in or give up easily on a cause.

There has been a lot of expectation on Manchester City and with the spending they have done they have to win something. Sometimes you have a noisy neighbor and have to live with it.

That lad must have been born offside.

Scholes was probably the best English midfielder since Bobby Charlton. He was such a brilliant long passer that he could choose a hair on the head of any team-mate answering the call of nature at our training ground. Gary Neville once thought he had found refuge in a bush, but Scholesy found him from 40 yeards. He inflicted a similar long-range missile strike, once, on Peter Schmeichel, and was chased round the training ground for his impertinence. Scholesy would have made a first class-sniper.

Jose [Mourinho] was one of those guys on a surfboard who can stay longer on the wave than anyone else.

I'm-A-God-Look-At-Me.

When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.