* "You get bunches of players like you do bananas...though that is a bad
comparison."
* "Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America."
* "People will say that was typical City, which really annoys me. But that's
typical City, I suppose..."
* "By the end he [Asprilla] was knackered-o. I think that's the Spanish for
it."
* "They're the second best team in the world and there's no higher praise
than that."
* "One of his strengths is not heading."
* "He's using his strength and that is his strength, his strength."
* "My father was a miner and he worked down a mine."
* "If I had a blank piece of paper there'd be five names on it."
* "Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're differe! nt countries..."
* "I didn't see a lot. When Benitez learns a bit more English someone
have to tell him to sit down."
* "England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are
second to none."
* "Against France we'll have to be at our best both technically, tactically
and spirit-wise."
* "You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw."
* "We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first
half."
* "I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona."
* "The 33 or 34 year olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup
comes around, if they're not careful."
* "Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it
stayed where it is..."
* "Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."
* "Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no
choice."
* "The tide is very much in our court now."
* "The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23."
* "You don't get two chances at this level, or at any other level for that
matter."
* "He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted."
* "There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight."
* "It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and
another up the chimney."
* "England can end the millennium as it started - as the greatest football
nation in the world."
* "I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is.
But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon."
* "They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing
like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different..."
* "In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg."
* "The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the
game..."
* "Despite his! white boots, he has real pace..."
* "That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved."
* "Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late 2Os or 3Os."
* "The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of
the starting line-up today."
* "The ref was vertically 15 yards away."
* "Football's always easier when you've got the ball."
* "It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up
pops a yellow card."
* "I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-
time."
* "I'm not trying to make excuses for David Seaman, but I think the lights
may have been a problem..."
* "The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could
win this match or lose it."
* "I'm not disappointed - just disappointed."
* "There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams,
who definitely won't be playing tomorrow."
* "I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except
that it's totally different."
* "We managed to wrong a few rights."
* "It's my job not to get beheaded."
* "I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again."
* "Sometimes there are too many generals and not enough people
waving to the generals as they walk past."
* "A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it
nearly came off."
* "That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."
* "Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose."
* "He's [shaun Wright-Phillips] got a heart as big as his size, which isn't
big, but his heart's bigger than that."
