John Barnes

Societies go backwards sometimes.

— John Barnes

I think everyone always has time to suffer.

— John Barnes

I'm a big believer in fate.

— John Barnes

I don't really eat biscuits.

— John Barnes

Football is all about scoring goals.

— John Barnes

I'm a real meat eater.

— John Barnes

Top managers, like Pochettino, Klopp and Guardiola don't make excuses.

— John Barnes

You have to give 100 per cent in every game and you cannot give more than 100 per cent.

— John Barnes

When you score a goal by dribbling you don't remember it because it is instinctive.

— John Barnes

Very much like a disease, we have to tackle the cause of racism, not the symptoms.

— John Barnes

There wasn't a game in the Eighties when you didn't get racial abuse as a black player.

— John Barnes

I used to think you had to be very selfish, but as I get older my views on life change.

— John Barnes

There is a misconception over whether black ex-players can make successful managers.

— John Barnes

Useless people are not improved by giving them the impression that they are useful.

— John Barnes

If you want to consider yourself one of the best teams, you need to be as close to the top as possible.

— John Barnes

There's a rule or something that if a girl can crack you up, you have to do what she says.

— John Barnes

Normally when you look at the Ballon d'Or winners, they're either attacking midfield players or centre-forwards. They are goalscorers and eye-catching players.

— John Barnes

My dad was a proper old English gentleman, even though he was from the Caribbean. He used to stand up and salute…

— John Barnes

I'm desperate to work in football. I could make a lot more money doing other things but this is what I want…

— John Barnes

We have to deconstruct the idea of racial superiority. We have had it for hundreds of years so it is not going…

— John Barnes

“But I'd been raised pure Ohio: the Zeroth Commandment was Thou Shalt Not Be Any Trouble to Anybody Ever.”

— John Barnes

Marti wasn't the type to give up without a fight, especially not if she was very afraid - some people are like…

— John Barnes

From the perspective of what happened with Celtic people might argue that I didn't have the experience for another big job but…

— John Barnes

“Future Farmers of America. Group who take ag classes and are going to inherit the farm. Hot shit around here, they have…

— John Barnes

In the 1970s people were afraid to call me black because they thought it was an insult. They would say 'coloured.' Now…

— John Barnes

“In the light of the crappy little lamp, all I was looking at was a frizzy mop of blonde hair and a…

— John Barnes

“Supposedly nobody outside the group knew there was a group. Of course we all knew that wasn't true. High school was like…

— John Barnes

“Going into the Republican Party National Convention, in all objective truth, our non‑winning front‑runners are the sorriest collection of stuffed shirts, empty…

— John Barnes

We are the first on the frontline to go into countries to liberate people in the name of freedom - that's what…

— John Barnes

Race, for me, should be social and cultural, rather than the colour of your skin. Anton Ferdinand would have more in common…

— John Barnes

“Fox News gets to the heart of the Zombie Reagan story: Well, Jeremy, of course on line polls are not at all…

— John Barnes

“I gave up drinking, and the next time I saw Bonny at a party, she was mad at me about that too,…

— John Barnes

“I always liked that time of day, when people were shutting up their shops, putting the town to bed for the night,…

— John Barnes

“I would take it as a personal favor if you would use the term Ambient Temperature Risen American.” “Ha, ha, ha.” He…

— John Barnes

“A prepared mind is always made up; it knows what it thinks and why it thinks that. When it's time to change,…

— John Barnes

“Slow down, and enjoy that stuff if it’s possible. Kathy doesn’t care what time I leave, only what time I clock out,…

— John Barnes

“Of course you would, Mitt," Reagan said. "Well, I’m glad we understand each other, and I think your father would be proud…

— John Barnes

“By noon everyone had heard that I had spent the night with Marti in a hotel room and when the cops came…

— John Barnes

Football can do nothing about getting rid of racism. Society can.

— John Barnes

I’ve been thinking,” he said. “Which is not an easy thing for a teacher to admit to.

— John Barnes