41 Quotes by Andy Cole

I've thoroughly enjoyed my life since I stopped playing. Of course you miss playing now and then, but I've travelled, I still work with Manchester United, I spent more time with my family and watched my kids grow up.

Imagine being the parent of a six or seven-year-old who needs a transplant and there is no match. I understand now what that means.

Don't forget my new kidney is a foreign object. My body attacks it. So I have to take these anti-rejection drugs to stop my body winning.

I remember when I was retiring I said to my kids 'I promise you I'll never put on weight' because people always think footballers retire and eat and drink and put on loads of weight.

I listen to my body but I'm just thankful to be alive so that I can.

I went through the process of trying to convince myself I was not ill.

Usually, if you're going to be a manager, you always want to talk about football and be a connoisseur of the game.

Transplant is a life-changing 'experience. Organ donation transforms lives. It is torture for you, torment for you as an individual in need.

I think I have a bright future. I know I have a problem which is going to be with me for the rest of my life, but it's for me to manage it.