167 Quotes by Gary Lineker

I generally have a brand of brief on every day.

I've got about 5 million followers on Twitter, and if I tweet anything, there will be faux outrage.

Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.

What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.

The competitive nature of most mums and dads is astounding. The fear they instil in our promising but sensitive Johnny is utterly depressing. We need a parental cultural revolution.

We are in the the entertainment business, and we all know if you are top of the tree, you get big money.

In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't.

We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.

People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.