Alan Shearer Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.”
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“Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year.”
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“Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless”
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“If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.”
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“The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working in.”
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“When I was a young boy I wanted to play for Newcastle United, I wanted to wear the number nine shirt and I wanted to score goals at St James' Park. I've lived my dream and I realise how lucky I've been to have done that.”
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“If people are going to write bad things about me because it makes news, I can brush it aside because I've had this for 10 years. I'm big enough and strong enough to cope with it. It's what comes with being Alan Shearer.”
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“Any change of my style, the way I've played for 10 years, will not be a drastic one. Yes, I've always given as good as I've got; as a forward you have to do that because, if you don't look after yourself, you might find yourself being thrown in a hole and buried.”
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“People are very proud of Newcastle, very proud to come from here. This is a working class City and they just want to enjoy themselves and live life to the full. They work all week, pick their wages up at the end of the week and they spend it over a weekend by having a good time and watching the football. That's our life.”
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“I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.”
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“I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic.”
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“As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age.”
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“I made no secret of the fact I'd love to stay in football and to do that, you need badges. I'm starting them and that's the next step for me - to continue this next season.”
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“I like the tag of being the world's most expensive player. It's an honour and a privilege.”
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“There is another side to me which people don't often see, but it's very hard for me to show that. When I do interviews, I'm talking to people I don't know and when you speak to a stranger you don't open up, do you? In my position, people are always looking for something to say about me. And anything I do say, given half-a-chance they'll turn it round into something spectacular so I've got to be very careful. That's why it's only my friends and family who know the real me. Now my wife, Lainya, she could tell you a few stories.”
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“I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.”
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“One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.”
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“Lampard picks his head up and knocks it out to the wing.”
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“Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.”
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“Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.”
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“I would play in any number shirt for Newcastle United, but the No 9 at Newcastle is something very special and I've always wanted to wear it. I mentioned it to the manager, he mentioned it to Les and Les has been very kind and given it to me.”
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“I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'.”
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“I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.”
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“First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.”
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“No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.”
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“I've got two girls. I like to play golf. Apart from that there's not a lot goes on in my life. So I am boring, aren't I?”
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“I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic.”
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“I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.”
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