Top 28 Quotes by Paul Gascoigne

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.

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.

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.

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things.

I never predict anything, and I never will.

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

I do want to be a manager one day. It might be 10 years, I don't know when.

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.

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.