Alan Hansen

“He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.”

“I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.”

“I was born in a mining village, and you either played football or played football. If you didn't play, there was something wrong with you.”

“When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.”

“I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint.”

“We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!”

“Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.”

“Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.”

“The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.”

“Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision.”

“Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.”

“What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.”

“In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.”

“People say I'm bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I'm a bad driver.”

“I had no plans once I finished my football career, which was a problem, so I had to go looking for work. Television was the one area that it was easier to get a job than anywhere else.”