A biography for Gary Linekerhasn’t been written yet.
“I've quite often written tweets that I think are across that line, but I just delete them.”
“I've now been in over 100 adverts for Walkers, and we've had a lot of laughs along the way.”
“The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.”
“There is Twitter outrage at everything. Be it a pair of trousers or a short skirt, somebody, somewhere, will not like it.”
“In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.”
“People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.”
“אם מישהו היה עושה סרט עם העלילה הזו, אנשים היו אומרים שהוא מגוחך מדי. האפשרות שקבוצה פרובינציאלית תזכה באליפות נוגדת כל היגיון, ועדיין קשה להבין איך זה קורה.”
“זה רק עניין של זמן עד שהמועדונים האנגלים יהפכו הרבה יותר תחרותיים באירופה, אם לא דומיננטיים, כי הליגה שלנו היא, ללא ספק, הליגה העשירה בעולם.”
“במונחים של אסתטיקה, אני כנראה נראה יותר טוב ממה שנראיתי כששיחקתי.”
“שחקני כדורגל לא מסתכלים זה על זה בחדר הלבשה וחושבים, 'זה שחקן שחור, זה יפני', אלא 'הוא שחקן טוב, הוא יכול לעזור'.”
“כדורגל הוא משחק פשוט. 22 גברים רצים אחרי הכדור במשך 90 דקות, ובסוף הגרמנים מנצחים.”
“You never know how long a player has left, especially with strikers. Once you turn 30, as a striker, you are usually on the way down, and playing from the age of 16, at such a high level, has to take its toll.”
“Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.”
“I hear it all the time in the street: 'It's the crisp bloke.'”
“In terms of aesthetics, I probably look better than I did when I played.”
“My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.”
“I think I'm expected to behave in a certain manner.”
“Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.”
“Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children.”
“I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.”