Nobody has enough talent to live on talent alone. Even when you have talent, a life without work goes nowhere.

I have been accused of not taking seriously the FA Cup on Saturday ... I have won four times the FA Cup. Who has won it more? Give me one name.

It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.

Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'

In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.

The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.