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Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don't really give a toss whether they're playing or not because they're getting paid anyway.

Football is big business - you can't get away from it. But you have to separate that side from the playing.

It's a big compliment that so many people want to see me. For them, it's all about football. That's what they remember about me.

That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.

Players today moan about the number of games, but when you're young, you can't play enough.

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.

I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.

I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.

One reason I don't want to play in England again is because we don't have any personalities.

I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.

Football is a sad game.

The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir.

There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. You can say Thierry Henry, he's a fabulous striker, with pace and power, but a great entertainer needs to have charisma, too. Does he have charisma? No.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pele.

I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'

When I was playing, there were always lots of teams in contention for the league - Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Leeds. Every week was a big game and a big battle.

It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.

I don't have any regrets. I made all my own decisions.

When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.

I've always been a bit of a gypsy.