"We just ran out of legs."

"Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some. Or occasionally."

"There's Thierry Henry, exploding like the French train that he is."

"For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls."

"Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who's facing him."

"Zola's got two feet."

"He's got a brain under his hair."

"Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes."

"A game is not won until it is lost."

"We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half."

"I was inbred into the game by my father."

"I've seen some players with very big feet... and some with very small feet."

"He's a water carrier, a hard worker, a bit of a dog... a ferret."