Alan Shearer
We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.Collection: Failure
Somewhere along the line you've got to do your apprenticeship. But I'd want half a chance of being successful at it.Collection: Chance
Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.
The fans have what they want. They want entertainment, they want passion and they want commitment.
It doesn't matter that I didn't win a trophy because I did it my way and I lived the dream.
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.
Some players are criticised for having no loyalty. Well, I wanted to go back home and play for the club I supported. I don't think that's a crime.
Regrets? None at all.
Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.
One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.
Whenever I have any spare time I have a game of golf.
I miss walking out of the tunnel, the 90 minutes and the adrenalin rush that I'll never, ever replace.
Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have always said that. When that will be I really couldn't tell you.
At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.
I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.
I don't know what I believe in. I try not to think about it. I don't want to think about it.
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.
I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that.
You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.
I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.
Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.
There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.
I hope I never have to face that feeling of missing and sending my country or team out of a competition.
I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football.
I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.
I still get butterflies when England are playing.
Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year.Collection: Winning
My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.Collection: Giving
You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'.Collection: Cheating
Defeat is not worth thinking about.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Goal
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.Collection: Football
First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.Collection: Way
If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.Collection: Party
I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.Collection: Funny
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'.Collection: Dad
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.Collection: Real
If people don't like my style, then I can't do anything about that. I have been like that since I first entered into the game and it hasn't done me bad in the past, so I am not going to change now.Collection: Past
I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.Collection: Party
You never get fed up scoring goals.Collection: Goal
As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age.Collection: Kids
No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.Collection: White
Yes, I do like to be in control. I do like everything to be laid out, to know what I'm doing. I'm very impatient. I like things done yesterday, which is probably a fault of mine. I like things to be neat and tidy and organised. I say what I want and show what I want and I keep things private.Collection: Yesterday
There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.Collection: Possibility
This is the better one. It's identical.Collection: Football
You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.Collection: Giving
Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopelessCollection: Country
You only get one chance of an England debut.Collection: England
I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.Collection: Appreciate
I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.Collection: Football