Top 28 Quotes by Paul Gascoigne

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.

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.

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'm going to do things when they are right for me.

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.