Jimmy Bullard

My image has always been big for me.

— Jimmy Bullard

Ive never read a book.

— Jimmy Bullard

Jimmy White was my massive idol.

— Jimmy Bullard

I know a lot about grassroots football.

— Jimmy Bullard

In my head I always wanted to be a manager.

— Jimmy Bullard

I haven't done any coaching badges whatsoever.

— Jimmy Bullard

Its either fishing rods or golf clubs for me, one or the other.

— Jimmy Bullard

When I first arrived at Leatherhead, I banned our keeper from kicking it long.

— Jimmy Bullard

I was a painter and decorator with my dad for three years.

— Jimmy Bullard

Pubs create an environment for people to react, for families, friends to go and meet.

— Jimmy Bullard

If youre possession based, youve got to be as good as a midfielder.

— Jimmy Bullard

Presenting a show is totally different to what I'm used to. People think it's easy but it's much more difficult than they…

— Jimmy Bullard

If I have a keeper who can play like a central midfielder, then I have 11 players rather than 10. Ive got…

— Jimmy Bullard

I'm not always nuts, you can't be nuts 100 per cent of the time, I don't even think I'm nuts.

— Jimmy Bullard

I was still playing for Gravesend at 18 and it seemed that every other kid had been snapped up except me.

— Jimmy Bullard

I was always intrigued by management and I wish I could turn the clock back and pick the brains of each of…

— Jimmy Bullard

Since I finished in football Ive had no sport in my life, no football. Ive always been geared towards something for the…

— Jimmy Bullard

Being around my local community, seeing how many pubs are closing down there, it hurts me.

— Jimmy Bullard

I was called up by England twice. Once for World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia and later for a friendly against…

— Jimmy Bullard

I know how far a fiver can go in non-League, let alone 100,000! So it is a lot of money. That money…

— Jimmy Bullard

But its jobs, jobs that pubs create and help sustain, thats massive. My pub alone, we get so many different bar staff,…

— Jimmy Bullard

Im not saying I didnt enjoy the England experience because I really did. It was beyond my wildest dreams to be part…

— Jimmy Bullard

I never felt any pressure to be funny. A lot of the funny stuff I did was more off-the-cuff. I might be…

— Jimmy Bullard

I struggled to get into any sort of team as a kid, but I struggled along and, though it's amazing how long…

— Jimmy Bullard

But in football my main aim was to become a pro. I became one and played in the first division. But then…

— Jimmy Bullard

Fans booing when a ball was passed backwards used to spin me out. Theyd rather cheer a right winger, running 100mph down…

— Jimmy Bullard

I don't really think about things too much, but people are going to form impressions about you if you play football, aren't…

— Jimmy Bullard

Ive worked outside football. I knew every day what I had. I loved going into football grounds, smelling it, seeing it, hearing…

— Jimmy Bullard

I suppose when its your own life you dont realise what youve achieved and what youve done until youve stepped out and…

— Jimmy Bullard

My old knee injury has never allowed me to get back to where I want to be as a football player; it's…

— Jimmy Bullard

If Im out and Im around loads of very high-profile footballers, fans always come up to me. I think they just feel…

— Jimmy Bullard

I've always been one of those players that when I went to the training ground, I'd always have my eye on the…

— Jimmy Bullard

What do I think about when I'm fishing? I don't really know. Mate, I just think about how I'm going to catch…

— Jimmy Bullard

There was something of the schoolteacher about Fabio Capello, which made him difficult to warm to, let alone talk to. He was…

— Jimmy Bullard

I have always been interested in entertaining, scoring goals, making things happen, doing things off the cuff, and Chris Coleman offered me…

— Jimmy Bullard

Youre not exactly going to do a prank on the hardest player at your football club, when you know hes going to…

— Jimmy Bullard

I go to matches to watch players who entertain. I still watch old footage of Paul Gascoigne.

— Jimmy Bullard

I loved my time at Fulham. A lot of the reason why I signed for Fulham was because of Chris Coleman. I…

— Jimmy Bullard

I was a painter and decorator with my dad for four years and he gave me a lot of time off to…

— Jimmy Bullard

I'm a kid really, I'm 100mph in your face and fishing just slows you down and just it's nice, tranquil.

— Jimmy Bullard