This rules...quotes from UK-based football players...they all seem to have had a thorough education.
"My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7."
David Beckham
"I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league."
Mark Viduka
"Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had."
David Beckham
"If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day."
Neville Southall
"I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well."
Alan Shearer
"I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona."
Mark Draper
"I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester."
Stan Collymore
"Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match."
Ian Wright
"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel."
Stuart Pearce
"Germany are a very difficult team to play...they had 11 internationals out there today."
Steve Lomas
"I definitely want Brooklyn (one of his kids) to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet."
David Beckham
"The Brazilians were South American, and the Ukrainians will be more European."
Phil Neville
"One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best."
Alan Shearer
"Sometimes in football you have to score goals."
Thierry Henry
and the best of all:
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
Ian Rush
LOL