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

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.

The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed.

I would never ever talk about my own personal life in an interview.

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is.

The leg system of the beach animals works because of a combination of certain lengths of tubes. Because of the proportion of lengths, the animals walk smoothly. You could say that this range of numbers is their genetic code.

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

I don't eat vegetables. I only eat food like cheeseburgers, Spam, hot dogs and pizza.

My clothes are fabulous - colourful, fun and by some very special designers. They deserve a better life than being sleeping beauties in a bed of tissue inside a trunk.

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.

First grade is very cheap. It's the later grades where you have to spend a lot of money if you don't do it right.

I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.

I had to think really hard about how to choose between job offers.

I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind.

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'

Celebration comes when the common features of life are redeemed.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Prison is a second by second assault on the soul, a day to day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which nobody wants to see disappear.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. Itll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called perfection which will open the doors to the most important relationships youll ever be a part of.

I cut a rap song once. It was a few years ago for my old show 'Buck Commander,' and it was a song called 'You're Short.' It was about my camera guy. We shot the video in Las Vegas, 'Ocean's Eleven' style!

The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is 'you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say why not; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before.