Alan Hansen

“These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.”

“Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.”

“I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we do at the moment.”

“I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.”

“I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.”

“Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.”

“When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy.”

“The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!”

“I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.”

“I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.”

“Andy Gray is a great pundit and a great co-commentator. I couldn't co-commentate for love nor money. I've tried but I just can't do it, so as an all-rounder I'd say Andy's much better than I am.”

“I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.”

“The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.”

“It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.”

“I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.”

“I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.”

“The scar on my forehead is from running through a plate-glass panel when I was 15. I had 27 stitches, which took two hours.”

“The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.”

“If you're going to be wrong, be dramatically wrong.”

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