Alan Hansen

I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.

The scar on my forehead is from running through a plate-glass panel when I was 15. I had 27 stitches, which took two hours.

I was born in a mining village, and you either played football or played football. If you didn't play, there was something wrong with you.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.