I wouldn't even mention myself in the same breath as someone like big Paul.

He was a fantastic player, but the thing that impressed me most about Paul was his manner off the pitch. He was always very humble about his achievements and had a lot of time for the paying public and people in general.

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

I wouldn't even mention myself in the same breath as someone like big Paul.

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

I became more confident within myself and matured as a person and become a little bit more opinionated - maybe the lads might say a little bit too opinionated for their liking but that is just a natural progression for a player.

I definitely want to be involved but only while I think I can make a contribution and I make a difference.

It will be difficult to let go but it is going to happen sooner rather than later in my case.

I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.

Looking back I find it hard to believe that I could forge a career in anything other than football but I didn't do too badly in my final exams and there were a few business-related courses that interested me.

If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.

The video for 'Whatever' is kind of a documentary in a way. It's showing that love can last. Not just in your early 20s or your late 30s, but in your 50s, 60s and 70s. There's an awful myth out there that when you get married, love and lovemaking fade. It's not true.

I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?

People ask me about my limp. I say, 'You know, I don't know how bad it is, because I don't watch - I don't watch myself.' I don't look at it. I don't.

I don't like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four years. I'd like to see somebody who's going in the office. In fact, I'd like to not see them because that way you'd be sure that they'd be working.

Pack an outfit to change into on the plane.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

Each day take the time to reconnect and remember, you are an infinite being with unlimited potential.

I suppose the most fun I had was on the second film.

The argument has been made in Congress that it is slippery slope if you allow therapeutic, what people people are calling therapeutic cloning, then you will get reproductive cloning.

Investing in real estate is a long-term commitment; you should not expect it to bring you a fortune overnight, although there are many successful cases of flipping properties.

The fantasy of the wedding day is that it represents undeniable public and private truth that you have been chosen. For that one day, you are the most valuable creature in the world a treasure, a princess, a prize.

You know that Moses was spinning like crazy in Exodus XIV through XVII when the Jewish people wanted to go back and become a place again because tramping through the desert was a bit too hard.

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

Today we have big, crude instruments guided by intelligent surgeons, and we have little, stupid molecules of drugs that get dumped into the body, diffuse around and interfere with things as best they can. At present, medicine is unable to heal anything.

No matter our age, circumstances, or abilities, each one of us can create something remarkable of his life.

Tell me what you are conceited about and Ill tell you what you lack.

I always have a decompression period at the end of a film. Sometimes it joyful, because you're just happy to be done. Or it can be melancholy.

In the state of Michigan, where I served in the state Legislature, there was a lot of shuffling of money between one year and the other to balance the budget.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here.

We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

Fun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else.