He can be as good as he wants to be; that's how good he can be.

Michael Owen isn't the tallest of lads, but his height more than makes up for that.

These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

Arguably, Blackburn have got the best forward line in the Premiership. There's no denying that.

If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.

My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste.

The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.

Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.

Bolton are an established team in the Premiership these days and well respected by the other sides.

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield.

To be a great game, one of the teams has to score first.

It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead.

Figo is as important to England as Beckham is.

He can be as good as he wants to be; that's how good he can be.

'Match of the Day' is a great programme to be on. It's a programme I used to be allowed to stay up and watch from the age of 10, so to think that one day I'd actually appear on it was great.

As a modern-day role model, I'd have to go for Tiger Woods. I'm also a massive Sachin Tendulkar fan.

Cucumber reminds me of my mother making me eat sprouts.

Don't be frightened of failure. It makes you stronger if you learn from your mistakes.

HBO churn out some unbelievable stuff. They really got me with things like 'Band of Brothers.' But you can't beat 'The Sopranos.'

I don't think I would have made it as a cricketer.

I've turned into a technological wizard. I can send emails now, which for me is unbelievable. They don't make any sense, but I can send them. I call it e-mithering.

My father, Tommy, who was a trained draughtsman, played for Preston North End in the Finney era. He liked football but did not love it as I do.

My iPod's unbelievable. Seriously. The kids have put most of the music on it, but there's a complete mix of '80s rubbish and current day stuff.

Nothing really annoys me, I'm not that kind of person, I'm quite laid back about most things.

If youre a goalkeeper it doesnt matter what you save the ball with if you keep it out its not a goal.

Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.

My audience knows me, and I wear beautiful clothes as a badge of honor. They remember where I came from.

In truth, even if they have an imperfect insight into their own methods, I still slightly mistrust writers of fiction who are assured literary critics; it makes me suspect that they favour the word over the world it should describe. Such scribes fall victim too easily to the solecism of equating style with morality.

Light precedes every transition. Whether at the end of a tunnel, through a crack in the door or the flash of an idea, it is always there, heralding a new beginning.

There is a simple fix to our excessive meeting culture, but it is not easy to implement. It's one of these things that are easy to say but hard to do. The fix is: abandon all recurring meetings. I am serious. All!

First of all, I think all countries in the world have agreed it is not in anyone's interest to test-fire a missile, or whatever its is.

I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

To some degree. I know I couldn't do it anymore.

Snobbery is not merely a silly human weakness but something basic in the mentality of modern man a symptom which reflects the general sickness, the dislocation of social and cultural values in contemporary civilization.

I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.

It's funny: All my friends back home are always wondering why every television show I'm on is a drama, but all the comedy pilots I did died a slow and painful death.

I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and here's all the reasons that it's right.' It doesn't make for very compelling reading.

That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

If you find that one special person, hold them close never let go. Because they only come once in a lifetime.

Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait until it comes across my desk.

God can use the fear that grips the hearts of men today to point them to eternal truths the truth of Gods eternal judgment and the truth of His eternal love.

Only a sheep with lion's heart can attack wolf, not the sheep with lion's teeth or with lion's claw.

You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing.

Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed.