When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.

It's the greatest thing in the world, natural enthusiasm. You are nothing without it.

If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.

Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.

If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace

I have always had the deepest respect for Bill Nicholson as a person and as a manager. The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.

I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool.