Paul Gascoigne Quotes

No one is ever going to be as good as I was

I got eight O-levels at school...zero in every subject.

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.

I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer.

Everywhere I looked life seemed to be full of problems and they were just going to go on and on. It was never going to get any better.

I never make predictions and I never will.

I'm going to do things when they are right for me.

Glasgow Rangers. God I loved playing for them

I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.

I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.

I don't really do pranks any more. I have a laugh in the dressing room here, where it's safe, and the guys don't go to the papers and tell them what I've done.

I've had to deal with everything but everyone has helped me, including Sir Alex Ferguson, to get through. George Best was a good friend of mine. We loved each other, we both knew where we were coming from.

I'll tell you what my real dream is. I mean my absolute number one dream that will mean I die a happy man if it happens. I want to see a UFO. They're real. I don't care if you look at me like that. UFO's are a definite fact and I've got to see one soon.

I've got a bit of money in the bank. I'm quite comfortable.

I do want to be a manager one day. It might be 10 years, I don't know when.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.

I don't know whether I will drink again in my life but I didn't drink yesterday, I am not drinking today and I'll try not to drink again tomorrow.

I'm a better person now, and not only that - I'm a better man

I would do those 2 years over and over again for the rest of my life

Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through.

A boy is better unborn than untaught.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

If you're fortunate to have talent and getting paid for something you love doing. All you've got to do is perform for 90 minutes.

Daft as a brush? I'm daft, but I'm not daft as a brush!

Scholesy is one of my favourite players of all time. He was a great professional who had everything and I used to love playing with him. You could give him the ball in any position, he would take one touch and you would know exactly what the next move would be. [ . . . ] He was magical, pure class.

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

You learn, right, a lot of people's problems - why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink - is because they can't say one word and it's N-O, no.

I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman's decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.

If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave.

Because of the booking I will miss the Holland game - if selected.

It was a big relief off my shoulder.

But if I wasn't playing, I would drink Saturdays, then Sunday, then Monday. Then I would try and train and it was no good, then have another drink just to pass the day away.

I've learnt and I just want to be respected for what I've achieved on the pitch. I know I haven't achieved much off it but I do know I've given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.

I know I would have had a lot more trophies in my cabinet if I went with him [Sir Alex Ferguson].

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

What is the world coming to when you get a red card and get fined two weeks' wages for calling a grown man a wanker?

I'll tell you the truth; I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.

I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.

The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.