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..

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

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….

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

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..

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..

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..

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 ….

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

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..

England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers.

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..