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“Back in the day I said in an interview coaching wasn't Arsene's strong point. Actually in the original draft, I said he couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag. And though I modified that in the final article, it didn't go down well.”
“I don't actually like people.”
“Captaining your country, going out at Wembley, captaining Arsenal to 10 trophies, playing your first game - they're all amazing things. But, phew, saving people's lives takes it out of all context.”
“We've had some wonderful players and wonderful principles under Arsene Wenger.”
“Aaron Ramsey is too good to let go, and to not be an Arsenal player for ever.”
“At AA meetings I sit next to actors, musicians, journalists, bankers - not people living on the street. There's a lot of similarities in these industries. We're talking about obsessed people, control freaks.”
“It's too emotionally unhealthy for me to try and help people who don't want it.”
“I was the captain of the club so I made sure that I bullied basically everyone else.”
“When you go into a football pitch expecting bad things to happen they usually do.”
“Arsene, essentially, is not a coach.”
“Back in the day I said in an interview coaching wasn't Arsene's strong point.”
“My nose must have been broken five times in my debut season.”
“I had won four trophies by the time I was 25.”
“The idea of giving up is really alien to a sportsman who's all about winning at all costs.”
“My experience of the addict is: huge ego and low self-esteem.”
“I think management has passed me by.”
“My early memories are full of fear - of going to school crying, where food was very similar to prison food.”
“I've found that staying open to different cultures and not forcing your opinions on other people goes a long way.”
“I learned football and life through hard knocks.”
“I had a lot of mother issues, sister issues. My mother was quite a large woman, so that affected my romances.”