167 Quotes by Gary Lineker

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    Basically, Walkers are putting real produce into their flavours, so the cheese and onion flavour is actually cheese and onion rather than just flavourings.

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    In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.

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    I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.

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    The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.

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    Diving is a really, really difficult one because a player is the only one who genuinely knows whether they have dived. You can look at it at 40 different angles and not know. And you can just fall over, too.

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    A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups.

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    People are possibly not spelling 'Leicester' correctly everywhere round the globe, but they are at least saying it correctly now.

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    Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.

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    You cannot get involved in debate on 'MOTD'. You can do it on Sky because they've got hours and hours. We've got a couple of minutes. It's a very disciplined show. Our primary purpose is to show the action, and the analysis is very secondary. We have lots of people who would prefer no analysis. We have lots of people who would prefer more analysis.

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