Quotes by Gary Neville

“This is the real thing, this is no show pony,”

“Though England would have to avoid playing between February and May, clearly. Only joking. I mean, its not going to be him, though, is it? Are we live? Oh crap.”

“Ive had a good crack but if I dont win another two or more before I retire I would still feel I had underachieved. What motivates me is to keep winning. To be part of teams that win things, the hour after the game, the night of celebration - it is the most incredible feeling you are ever going to get in your life. I have had it quite a few times but you never get enough of it.”

“Were not dead yet,”

“He wont give me one single seconds rest for 90 minutes,”

“I think hes a special talent. I thought there were glimpses of brilliance before Christmas but after that he has shown everyone at United that hes going to be a world-class player.”

“My brother always celebrates like that when we beat Liverpool. It means a lot to him and I think people should just let it go.”

“We know over the next few days people will criticize us and rightly so because our performances havent been up to our standards. There will be a lot of disappointment for the next few days but we are training on Friday and Saturday mornings and Sundays game is a great chance to put it right because the fans will want us to put a show on for them.”

“Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful manager Manchester United have ever had. It is ridiculous for people to suggest he leaves. Who do they want to replace him? Ron Atkinson, Tommy Docherty?”

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They dont know how to set up their own bank accounts, they dont know what they are spending their money on and they cant make their own decisions.

I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team.

We live in a multi-cultural society far more open to international ideas. If youd told me 20 years ago Id drive through Bury and see someone sitting outside a cafe drinking a latte, Id have laughed. In fact, I wouldnt have even known what a latte was.