Robbie Savage

“Football should be accessible to every child, regardless of ability or background.”

“People say I'm attention seeking by coming off the Twitter, but that's not the case. If I wanted to attention seek I could drive my Lamborghini to the Trafford Centre in my underpants.”

“I dont regret for one minute that I only won one trophy because again, to play at Wembley and lift the trophy, how many players can say that? Of course, Id like to have been in contention to win trophies every single year, but I wasnt, but I can sleep easy at night knowing I got the best out of what I had.”

“Great players don't always make great managers, but I hope a golden generation of fantastic players' knowledge is not going to be lost when they surely have something to offer as coaches.”

“The thing is, I think all my experiences, good and bad on the football field, helped me in my punditry because Ive been in situations where Ive gone to ground too easily, Ive made a mountain out of a molehill, Ive tried to get players sent off for the good of my team, wrongly. Ive acted stupidly, celebrated.”

“Harry Kane must look at the Premier League table and wonder why on earth he is still at Tottenham.”

“You know the madness of the English football season has kicked in when a fan rings up 606 and says Arsenal will win the title.”

“Every club has its scapegoats, but some are easier targets than others.”

“But helping to raise a football club from the ashes, and running it as director of football operations, is the hardest thing I've ever done by a million miles.”

“For many dads, pride is often defined by events like graduations, weddings or taking their sons to their first match.”

“I'd rather blow up than fizzle out. I don't want to fade away and go down the leagues.”

“Wading into a sell-out 3,500 crowd to separate hooligans throwing punches is not what I expected as director of football at a phoenix club.”

“I wasn't confident at all as a boy and I'm still not now. I'm one of the shyest people you'll meet. My success at football was down to playing with my brother and his mates in the street.”

“I've only had to choose between family and career once before, when Vancouver Whitecaps wanted to sign me. I didn't want to take my kids out of school so I didn't go.”

“I'm a campaigner for grass roots because I am a product of the grass roots system and I would like every child to have the same opportunities I was lucky enough to enjoy.”

“Everybody sees the person on the football field and has a perception of him, but in the media or on Twitter it's just me being myself. I'm an honest, hard-working guy who likes a laugh.”

“Some of the things I've done, like getting Justin Edinburgh sent off in the cup final by going down, I'm embarrassed - I cringe when I see all that.”