Top 48 Quotes About Paul Gascoigne
#1. 75% of what happens to Paul Gascoigne in his life is fiction..
Glenn Hoddle
#2. I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer.
Paul Gascoigne
#3. My saddest decision in football was leaving Paul Gascoigne out of the 1998 World Cup finals. But he wasn't fit enough and once that decision is made, as a manager and a group of players, you forget about who isn't there and focus on the job.
Glenn Hoddle
#4. They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?
George Best
#5. The best player I've ever played with was Paul Gascoigne. He had everything. He was amazing.
Paul Ince
#6. I've had to deal with everything but everyone has helped me, including Sir Alex Ferguson, to get through. George Best was a good friend of mine. We loved each other, we both knew where we were coming from.
Paul Gascoigne
#7. I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.
Paul Gascoigne
#9. I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.
Paul Gascoigne
#10. I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.
Paul Gascoigne
#12. I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.
Paul Gascoigne
#13. But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.
Paul Gascoigne
#14. I'll tell you what my real dream is. I mean my absolute number one dream that will mean I die a happy man if it happens. I want to see a UFO. They're real. I don't care if you look at me like that. UFO's are a definite fact and I've got to see one soon.
Paul Gascoigne
#15. I don't know whether I will drink again in my life but I didn't drink yesterday, I am not drinking today and I'll try not to drink again tomorrow.
Paul Gascoigne
#16. I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness.
Paul Gascoigne
#17. You learn, right, a lot of people's problems - why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink - is because they can't say one word and it's N-O, no.
Paul Gascoigne
#19. I do want to be a manager one day. It might be 10 years, I don't know when.
Paul Gascoigne
#20. I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.
Paul Gascoigne
#21. Everywhere I looked life seemed to be full of problems and they were just going to go on and on. It was never going to get any better.
Paul Gascoigne
#22. Because of the booking I will miss the Holland game - if selected.
Paul Gascoigne
#23. Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through.
Paul Gascoigne
#24. Anyway, how can you sack anyone who still hasn't got a contract. I'll be there for the game and I'll stand behind the dugout giving instructions to the players from there. They will respond to me more than the next manager.
Paul Gascoigne
#26. What is the world coming to when you get a red card and get fined two weeks' wages for calling a grown man a wanker?
Paul Gascoigne
#27. I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.
Paul Gascoigne
#28. I've got a bit of money in the bank. I'm quite comfortable.
Paul Gascoigne
#30. I'm going to do things when they are right for me.
Paul Gascoigne
#32. I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.
Paul Gascoigne
#33. I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.
Paul Gascoigne
#34. The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.
Paul Gascoigne
#35. Well, I did know - but I just wanted the day to pass and the next day to come and then I wanted that one to pass. It was a horrible cycle. I felt so close to having to pack the game in.
Paul Gascoigne
#36. Scholesy is one of my favourite players of all time. He was a great professional who had everything and I used to love playing with him. You could give him the ball in any position, he would take one touch and you would know exactly what the next move would be. [ ... ] He was magical, pure class.
Paul Gascoigne
#37. At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things.
Paul Gascoigne
#38. I've learnt and I just want to be respected for what I've achieved on the pitch. I know I haven't achieved much off it but I do know I've given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.
Paul Gascoigne
#39. I'm a better person now, and not only that - I'm a better man
Paul Gascoigne
#40. If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.
Paul Gascoigne
#41. I don't really do pranks any more. I have a laugh in the dressing room here, where it's safe, and the guys don't go to the papers and tell them what I've done.
Paul Gascoigne
#42. But if I wasn't playing, I would drink Saturdays, then Sunday, then Monday. Then I would try and train and it was no good, then have another drink just to pass the day away.
Paul Gascoigne
#43. Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I'm going to.
Paul Gascoigne
#44. I know I would have had a lot more trophies in my cabinet if I went with him [Sir Alex Ferguson].
Paul Gascoigne
#45. All I want to shout is 'Moaty, it's Gazza!', and I guarantee me and him could sit and chat. I would say, 'Why don't you just put the gun away, throw it in the river? The police are not going to kill you.
Paul Gascoigne
#46. If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave.
Paul Gascoigne
#47. Daft as a brush? I'm daft, but I'm not daft as a brush!
Paul Gascoigne
#48. I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman's decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.
Paul Gascoigne
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