There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster..

If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer..

You need people who score goals. That's how you win games.

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters..

To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game..

I don't believe in superstitions. I just do certain things because I'm scared in case something will happen if I don't do them.

Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career..

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart.

I have always been confident that I would make it to the top..

He's fantastic on the ground but obviously he is very tall. (on Peter Crouch).

You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs; the acid test is how you handle the downs..

I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score..

To be at the top, you have to have a competitive streak in you. If you're not performing, you've got to be angry with yourself..

I don't get a lot of enjoyment out of sitting there for an hour and a half watching a game like we saw between Ireland and England last Sunday..

If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three ….

I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather….

The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well..

I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but then Fabio Capello took over and he never picked me aga….

England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers.

To be the best you have to forget partying and concentrate all your energies on the football..

An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed..