A biography for Tony Adamshasn’t been written yet.
“Alex Ferguson wanted to sign me twice, just before Arsene Wenger came to the club. I was ready for a change and he was on to me every day.”
“I regret my own parents not teaching me to cook.”
“I don't think a forward has ever won a title for anyone. It's about the defence, how many goals you concede.”
“To be a footballer you have to be a certain type, you have to walk that tightrope near the addictive gene to make it into the pro game. It is unhealthy the way you have to push yourself and your body.”
“In 1987, I was captain of Arsenal and England's centre-half. I walked down Oxford Street and not one person bothered me. Not one. Today I would be mobbed and asked for selfies. That has brought a level of fear to today's player and with that fear he has become detached from reality and the public.”
“Addictions within football, we're talking gambling. Premier League, it's a bit of an epidemic to be honest.”
“To win the league we need great players, like Dennis Bergkamp.”
“I was with Jose Mourinho at Inter, and he said to me that I was 10 or 20 years behind. Whilst I was winning all of those trophies with Arsenal, he was learning how to be a coach.”
“Players are not scared of managers any more. The clubs have done that. Society has done that. The game has done that. It has taken away the power of the manager.”
“I wasn't ready for school as a kid. The only thing I wanted to do was play football.”
“Psychology, physiology, the biomechanics of the human being and how to get the best out of sportsmen all fascinate me.”
“Sometimes I have put myself on the cross in sobriety, definitely the early years.”
“Pires could run faster with the ball than I could without the ball.”
“Ozil for me is one of the best creative players in the world. What he struggles with at times is the defensive side.”
“Year in, year out the best goalkeeper wins the League.”
“Wherever you take yourself in this world, you've got to take yourself with you.”
“My mistakes have made me who I am today.”
“I am a bit of a freak. Only 10 per cent get 10 years sobriety.”
“Childhood trauma is childhood trauma, whether you're a player or a forklift driver. They are the same feelings, and there are the same solutions.”
“He said: 'I've turned down every club in the world.' But he would've been sacked after a year at Madrid. He would've had to go to from club to club. But, at Arsenal, he's got total dominance. The board do nothing. Arsene has a free rein.”