If my parents were still alive, they would be very proud. They gave me a good start in life, the values that have driven me, and the confidence to believe in myself.

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.

The lads really ran their socks into the ground.

I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.

The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.

It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing as if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him.

We have to try to beat Everyone.