Best 30 quotes of Paul Gascoigne on MyQuotes

A boy is better unborn than untaught.

Because of the booking I will miss the Holland game - if selected.

But if I wasn't playing, I would drink Saturdays, then Sunday, then Monday. Then I would try and train and it was no good, then have another drink just to pass the day away.

But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.

I don't know whether I will drink again in my life but I didn't drink yesterday, I am not drinking today and I'll try not to drink again tomorrow.

I don't really do pranks any more. I have a laugh in the dressing room here, where it's safe, and the guys don't go to the papers and tell them what I've done.

I do want to be a manager one day. It might be 10 years, I don't know when.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.

I got eight O-levels at school...zero in every subject.

I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.

I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman's decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.

I know I would have had a lot more trophies in my cabinet if I went with him [Sir Alex Ferguson].

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

I'll tell you the truth; I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.

I'm a better person now, and not only that - I'm a better man

I never make predictions and I never will.

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

It was a big relief off my shoulder.

I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.

I've had to deal with everything but everyone has helped me, including Sir Alex Ferguson, to get through. George Best was a good friend of mine. We loved each other, we both knew where we were coming from.

I've learnt and I just want to be respected for what I've achieved on the pitch. I know I haven't achieved much off it but I do know I've given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

I would do those 2 years over and over again for the rest of my life

Scholesy is one of my favourite players of all time. He was a great professional who had everything and I used to love playing with him. You could give him the ball in any position, he would take one touch and you would know exactly what the next move would be. [ . . . ] He was magical, pure class.

The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.

Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through.

What is the world coming to when you get a red card and get fined two weeks' wages for calling a grown man a wanker?

You learn, right, a lot of people's problems - why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink - is because they can't say one word and it's N-O, no.