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 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.

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

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

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.