People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.

I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.

There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.

That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.

I will respect this liver. After all, it's not mine.

You can't trust very many people.

Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.

I definitely don't think that money can buy you, love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs.

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from the attraction.

People say I slept with seven miss worlds, I didn't. It was only four, I didn't turn up for the other three

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele.

I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted

They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?

They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.