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'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona' - MARK DRAPER 

'It was a big relief off my shoulder.' - PAUL GASCOIGNE 

'Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.' - ALAN SHEARER

'We keep kicking ourselves in the foot.' - RAY WILKINS

'It took a lot of bottle for Tony (Adams) to own up' - IAN WRIGHT (commenting on Tony Adams' admission of alcoholism) 

'No-one hands you cups on a plate.' - TERRY MCDERMOTT 

'To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.' - RUUD GULLIT 

'I never predict anything, and I never will.' - PAUL GASCOIGNE

'I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.' - IAN RUSH 

'There's no in between - you're either good or bad. We were in between.' - GARY LINEKER

'All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed' - MITCHELL THOMAS 

'My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.' - IAN WRIGHT

'Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win.' - VINNY JONES

'He's put on weight and I've lost it, and vice versa.' - RONNIE WHELAN 

'It's a case of putting all our eggs into the next ninety minutes.' - PHIL NEAL 

'The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.' - GRAEME LE SAUX 

INTERVIEWER : 'Which is your favourite commentary team, BBC or ITV?' 
GRAEME LE SAUX : 'Sky.'

'Glenn is putting his head in the frying pan.' - OSSIE ARDILES 

'I was playing cards and sleeping.' - TEDDY SHERINGHAM 

'He (Steve Walsh) is the type of player who will follow you to every end of the box.' - KERRY DIXON

'I'm not a believer in luck but I do believe you need it.' - ALAN BALL

'I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.' - STUART PEARCE

'The only way we will be going to Europe is if the club splash out and take us all to Euro Disney.' - DEAN HOLDSWORTH (WIMBLEDON)

'I like having Wasps around here, it gives us that little buzz about the place.' - RAY WILKINS (on the QPR-Wasps ground share).

The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we come from the same place, play for the same club and were discovered by the same man.' - NORMAN WHITESIDE

'If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated footballers.' - MICK LYONS

Mirandinha will have more shots this afternoon than both sides put together.' - MALCOLM McDONALD

'Hit Everything That Moves On The Grass. If it's the football it's even better.' - NEREO ROCCO 

'I totally half agree with the coach.' - GARZYA 

'I'd like to thank my parents, especially my mother and father.' - ALTOBELLI

'I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester.' - STAN COLLYMORE

'Milan or Madrid - it doesn't matter as long as it is in Italy.' - ANDREAS MÖLLER 

'First we had no luck and then we had bad luck as well.' - JÜRGEN WEGMANN

'The boss keeps those things up his sleeve, close to his chest.' - CRAIG BURLEY 

'Leeds are a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.' - JONATHON WOODGATE

'It was like the ref had a brand new yellow card and wanted to see if it worked.' - RICHARD RUFUS 

'I have never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.' - ALAN SHEARER

'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.' - MARC VIDUKA

'The manager has given us unbelievable belief.' - PAUL MERSON

'The Brazilians aren't as good as they used to be, or as they are now.' - KENNY DALGLISH



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