110 Quotes by Sol Campbell

My wife's family kept inviting me to shoot and I just didn't want to go, but since retiring from football I've had more time and I thought... let's get all the kit and practice.

If you have got diversity on your board, then you are going to have new ideas come to the table.

I became insular because at home there was no space to grow or to evolve, everything was tight and there was no room to breathe. People don't realise how that affects you as a kid. I wasn't allowed to speak, so my expression was football.

For too long executive officials, businesspeople and hangers-on have enjoyed this private casino, using the payments into Fifa's account to fund their lavish lifestyles.

Sometimes I am the 'philosophical professor, or I can do the voice like thunder if necessary... or if I want to keep the lads on their toes I might sit back and give them a thousand-yard stare.

But when you look at some of the other guys who have started with their careers in management, they all started with no experience. You have got to start somewhere.

I don't want to be pigeon-holed as a firefighter.

You have to truly believe in your skill and trust that you can do something.

Every case is different, but what I want to do first and foremost at Southend is to get the players up to speed.