18 Quotes by Gary Speed

Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other.

I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.

I have won 85 caps and have had a great career with Wales and have enjoyed every minute of it.

I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city.

Everyone I know is fervently proud to be Welsh but you try not to be preachy about it. It's difficult at times. But when I go home to north Wales, or to somewhere I've never been in south Wales, I still feel at home because I'm in Wales. It's hard to explain.

I had a lot of times with Wales as well when we were getting beat - and beaten well - and you learn to deal with it. You learn that next time it happens, you roll your sleeves up and give everything for the team.

When everything is going wrong, it seems like nothing goes right

When everything is going wrong, it seems like nothing goes right.

I had a lot of times with Wales as well when we were getting beat – and beaten well – and you learn to deal with it. You learn that next time it happens, you roll your sleeves up and give everything for the team.