We were having a trial game against Leeds, and Jack Charlton was the boss of Middlesbrough at the time.

- Craig Johnston

Our football program is bigger than any one person.

- Craig Johnston

You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the ti…

- Craig Johnston

And I think they loved me because I loved being part of their team, you know, and I quite often say to kids, that I was the worst player in the world…

- Craig Johnston

So I did in fact spend two and a half years in the Middlesbrough car park practising skills. But if you spend four or five or six hours a day practis…

- Craig Johnston

It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing to complex carbohydrates…

- Craig Johnston

Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.

- Craig Johnston

I've been ignored for 20 years but now it's heartening to get some recognition.

- Craig Johnston

The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality.

- Craig Johnston