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I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

I don't particularly enjoy watching international football in the way that I used to. It hurts me to say that, but it's true.

I don't picture myself as a normal person when I play football, and I don't think anyone else pictures me that way as well.

I don't play golf competitively. I tell everybody that I cheat so they won't gamble with me. That's why you can't watch football. Everybody's gambling. They don't want to watch the game; they watch the spread.

I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.

I don't put any thought into the footballs after I choose them. When you're out there playing in front of 70,000 people, like a home crowd, you don't think about it. You're just reacting to the game.

I don’t see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal? They enjoy it and the young ladies enjoy it too. I suppose that's one of the main reasons women come to football games, to see the young men take their shirts off. Of course they’d have to go and watch another game because my lads are as ugly as sin.

I don't think about one trick or the other, they just happen.

I don't take a day off. I don't slack. All I know is hard-nose football. There ain't no breaks or vacations for me.

I don't teach kids to be number 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be number 1; that's not it. You don't have to be number 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway.

I don't sleep much. Five to six, I'd say. You could argue that people, as they get older, sleep less - probably because they're afraid of dying at some point. I know my parents don't sleep much. I know that I used to be able to sleep until noon when I was younger. I couldn't fathom staying in bed until ten now. I wouldn't know what to do unless there's a football game on.

I don't support hate speech. I don't want to support a racist football team or bands that are offensive.

I don't take myself seriously all the time; I have to do quirky things, such as helping football teams, moving the ball away from McAllister's foot, getting into The Sun and The Star - because, you know, I like sensationalism, it's a part of what I do.

I don't think I'm prepared for life in the spotlight. I don't even think I'm really prepared now, but I still don't really feel like I'm in the spotlight a lot. I'm not a household name. I'm not followed around by paparazzi. I still have a very normal life. I'd love as many people to know and like my music as possible, but there's something quite lovely about being able to still go and watch your boys play football.

I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.

I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy.

I don't think there is any place in football for drinking. I have said on several occasions to players: You don't put diesel in a Ferrari.

I don't think the world of football is so serious. It's important to have distance about things and about yourself. If we believe we are kings or gods, we become crazy. We all know it's a game and we all enjoy it together.

I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism.

I don't train for football; I train more for a lifestyle.

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.

I don't understand shopping, it doesn't make any sense to me. As guys, we decide we want something and then we go out and buy it. Women go to the store having no idea what they're going to buy, or what they're even doing, it's like a whole different sport. It's like going to a football game to maybe watch a game. I don't get it.

I don't understand racism. I have many black friends and many others have been my opponents. Respect is basic. Unfortunately racism is a social problem, and football belongs to society.

I don't understand referees. It appears like some players can't even be touched, but in my case, everyone can hit me as hard as they can.

I don't want records. I want a Super Bowl ring.

I don't want people to say I'm a solid quarterback. I want to be the best, and I'll continually work until I get there.

I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry.

I don't want to compare Bowditch to Matt Le Tissier, but the way he scored his goal was similar to Matt.

I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper. I want to be remembered as a great person.

I don't want to be throwing the football on the front yard when I'm 75. I mean, I'm not opposed to men doing that. But I don't think it's gonna work for me.

I don't want to give Robbie Blake any praise, but he was superb.

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

I don't watch football anymore, I gave that up. I got tired of the interviews after the games, because the winning players always give credit to God, and the losers blame themselves. You know, just once I'd like to hear a player say, 'Yeah, we were in the game, until Jesus made me fumble. He hates our team.'

I do play football no-holds-barred. Any edge I can get, I'll take. I'd grab a face mask only in a fit of anger. Uncontrolled anger is damn near insane.

I don't watch that much football... I really like to play it.

I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd

I drink a lot of everything; beer while watching football. I have a taste for whiskey, but Jack Daniels and ginger is about as fancy as it gets with me.

I'd write over and over, 'I will not throw into coverage.'

I’d say I was a tomboy... I took wood chop in high school and I was very into volleyball and football, and [was] very unaware of anything girly for a long time.

I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.

I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.

I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say.

I enjoy watching football on TV. Many times I can visualize the whole field, even on the TV screen, because I still know enough about what the teams are doing.

I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing 'All together now' - that was another one. I was also pleased when the movement in America took up 'Give peace a chance' because I had written it with that in mind really.

I expect to make big plays. And when I don't, I'm upset about it.

If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.

If a footballer presents himself as a family man and goes and has sex with a prostitute, should he gag her?

If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.

If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace