Alan Shearer Quotes

#1. My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'. - Author: Alan Shearer

#2. Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit. - Author: Alan Shearer

#3. I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well. - Author: Alan Shearer

#4. As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age. - Author: Alan Shearer

#5. You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'. - Author: Alan Shearer

#6. Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning. - Author: Alan Shearer

#7. If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans. - Author: Alan Shearer

#8. I'd like to play for Newcastle United before I retire. The club is in my blood. - Author: Alan Shearer

#9. No money in the world can buy a white England shirt. - Author: Alan Shearer

#10. I hope I never have to face that feeling of missing and sending my country or team out of a competition. - Author: Alan Shearer

#11. I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'. - Author: Alan Shearer

#12. I like the tag of being the world's most expensive player. It's an honour and a privilege. - Author: Alan Shearer

#13. I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football. - Author: Alan Shearer

#14. Whenever I have any spare time I have a game of golf. - Author: Alan Shearer

#15. When I go home every night, I can look in the mirror and say I have given 110 per cent for Newcastle United. If people aren't happy with that, I can't give any more. - Author: Alan Shearer

#16. Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless - Author: Alan Shearer

#17. If people are going to write bad things about me because it makes news, I can brush it aside because I've had this for 10 years. I'm big enough and strong enough to cope with it. It's what comes with being Alan Shearer. - Author: Alan Shearer

#18. I've got two girls. I like to play golf. Apart from that there's not a lot goes on in my life. So I am boring, aren't I? - Author: Alan Shearer

#19. I spend time with my family. I have got two daughters who are too young to know their Dad's a footballer. They just want to play with their Dad. I like to play golf, too, but apart from that, that's me, I'm afraid. - Author: Alan Shearer

#20. You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different. - Author: Alan Shearer

#21. Yes, I do like to be in control. I do like everything to be laid out, to know what I'm doing. I'm very impatient. I like things done yesterday, which is probably a fault of mine. I like things to be neat and tidy and organised. I say what I want and show what I want and I keep things private. - Author: Alan Shearer

#22. Andy Carroll will cause anyone problems and I don't see a problem in that - Author: Alan Shearer

#23. There's no way the future's over for Martin Keown, Tony Adams or David Seaman. - Author: Alan Shearer

#24. There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager. - Author: Alan Shearer

#25. The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working in. - Author: Alan Shearer

#26. Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year. - Author: Alan Shearer

#27. The FA Cup means a lot. There is a real passion here for the competition which you don't get elsewhere. It's a love affair. It's part and parcel of living up here. People might think I'm daft, but I'm not wrong; I'd rather win the Cup than the League. - Author: Alan Shearer

#28. Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have always said that. When that will be I really couldn't tell you. - Author: Alan Shearer

#29. People say he doesn't score a lot of goals with his head, but does he really have to with the ability he has in his feet? He makes spectacular goals look easy. His technique is fantastic.
(on Thierry Henry) - Author: Alan Shearer

#30. We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game. - Author: Alan Shearer

#31. I still get butterflies when England are playing. - Author: Alan Shearer

#32. There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties. - Author: Alan Shearer

#33. The fans have what they want. They want entertainment, they want passion and they want commitment. - Author: Alan Shearer

#34. When I was a young boy I wanted to play for Newcastle United, I wanted to wear the number nine shirt and I wanted to score goals at St James' Park. I've lived my dream and I realise how lucky I've been to have done that. - Author: Alan Shearer

#35. I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day. - Author: Alan Shearer

#36. You never get fed up scoring goals - Author: Alan Shearer

#37. If people don't like my style, then I can't do anything about that. I have been like that since I first entered into the game and it hasn't done me bad in the past, so I am not going to change now. - Author: Alan Shearer

#38. I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under. - Author: Alan Shearer

#39. I don't know what I believe in. I try not to think about it. I don't want to think about it. - Author: Alan Shearer

#40. If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. - Author: Alan Shearer

#41. Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass. - Author: Alan Shearer

#42. I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football. - Author: Alan Shearer

#43. I made no secret of the fact I'd love to stay in football and to do that, you need badges. I'm starting them and that's the next step for me - to continue this next season. - Author: Alan Shearer

#44. Somewhere along the line you've got to do your apprenticeship. But I'd want half a chance of being successful at it. - Author: Alan Shearer

#45. I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time. - Author: Alan Shearer

#46. Any change of my style, the way I've played for 10 years, will not be a drastic one. Yes, I've always given as good as I've got; as a forward you have to do that because, if you don't look after yourself, you might find yourself being thrown in a hole and buried. - Author: Alan Shearer

#47. One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best. - Author: Alan Shearer

#48. I would play in any number shirt for Newcastle United, but the No 9 at Newcastle is something very special and I've always wanted to wear it. I mentioned it to the manager, he mentioned it to Les and Les has been very kind and given it to me. - Author: Alan Shearer

#49. I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full. - Author: Alan Shearer

#50. You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent. - Author: Alan Shearer

#51. I've turned down Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Manchester United to play here. I hope everyone already knows how much it means to me to play for Newcastle United. - Author: Alan Shearer

#52. I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football. - Author: Alan Shearer

#53. This is the better one. It's identical. - Author: Alan Shearer

#54. First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere. - Author: Alan Shearer

#55. I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic. - Author: Alan Shearer

#56. One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down. - Author: Alan Shearer

#57. I miss walking out of the tunnel, the 90 minutes and the adrenalin rush that I'll never, ever replace. - Author: Alan Shearer

#58. You only get one chance of an England debut. - Author: Alan Shearer

#59. At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them. - Author: Alan Shearer

#60. For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He scores and creates goals, he can pass the ball, he can head it, and rounds all this off with a competitive streak. - Author: Alan Shearer

#61. Lampard picks his head up and knocks it out to the wing. - Author: Alan Shearer

#62. Some players are criticised for having no loyalty. Well, I wanted to go back home and play for the club I supported. I don't think that's a crime. - Author: Alan Shearer

#63. It doesn't matter that I didn't win a trophy because I did it my way and I lived the dream. - Author: Alan Shearer

#64. Defeat is not worth thinking about. - Author: Alan Shearer

#65. If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it. - Author: Alan Shearer

#66. I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic. - Author: Alan Shearer

#67. I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that. - Author: Alan Shearer