Top 72 Quotes & Sayings by Alan Shearer
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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have always said that. When that will be I really couldn't tell you.
I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.
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.
Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.
The fans have what they want. They want entertainment, they want passion and they want commitment.
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 miss walking out of the tunnel, the 90 minutes and the adrenalin rush that I'll never, ever replace.
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.
There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.
Regrets? None at all.
I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.
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.
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.
Whenever I have any spare time I have a game of golf.
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 don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.
We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.
Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.
I don't know what I believe in. I try not to think about it. I don't want to think about it.
I still get butterflies when England are playing.
At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.
One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.
Somewhere along the line you've got to do your apprenticeship. But I'd want half a chance of being successful at it.
It doesn't matter that I didn't win a trophy because I did it my way and I lived the dream.
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.
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.
No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.
Any change of my style, the way I've played for 10 years, will not be a drastic one. Yes, I've always given as good as I've got; as a forward you have to do that because, if you don't look after yourself, you might find yourself being thrown in a hole and buried.
You never get fed up scoring goals.
You only get one chance of an England debut.
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.
I would play in any number shirt for Newcastle United, but the No 9 at Newcastle is something very special and I've always wanted to wear it. I mentioned it to the manager, he mentioned it to Les and Les has been very kind and given it to me.
My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.
People say he doesn't score a lot of goals with his head, but does he really have to with the ability he has in his feet? He makes spectacular goals look easy. His technique is fantastic.
(on Thierry Henry)
As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age.
It does not bother me that some say I'm dull and boring because the people that do know me will tell you a different story. It is very difficult to be open with people you don't know. There is nothing I can do about the fact that the real me does not get across and it is probably difficult to know the real me.
I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic.
I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.
This is the better one. It's identical.
Defeat is not worth thinking about.
I made no secret of the fact I'd love to stay in football and to do that, you need badges. I'm starting them and that's the next step for me - to continue this next season.
If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.
I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.
There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.
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.
Andy Carroll will cause anyone problems and I don't see a problem in that
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'.
One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.
Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless
I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.
First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.
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.
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'.
Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year.
If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it.
I spend time with my family. I have got two daughters who are too young to know their Dad's a footballer. They just want to play with their Dad. I like to play golf, too, but apart from that, that's me, I'm afraid.
I like the tag of being the world's most expensive player. It's an honour and a privilege.
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.
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