For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.

Paul Scholes is the best player I've ever played with. There's talent in every part of his game.

If you don't like someone, don't shake their hand.

As football gets more globalized, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.

Before games, the smell of burgers wafts down from the stands.

He went in with his shuds stowing.