I'll take the accolades when they are there and I'll take it on the chin when things aren't great. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Ian Ashby is very underrated and it's right he gets the accolades he gets — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Don't put too much pressure on Jack Wilshere... in years to come I think he will be an Arsenal great like Liam Brady — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
The best player I ever played against was Paolo Maldini. We [Arsenal] played against Milan in the European Supercup [in 1995]. Maldini marked me… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
If you keep walking past the barbers, eventually you'll get a haircut. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Never worry about what people think. That's what drove me to drinking a lot of time, worrying about what people thought of me. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
When you see your friends going out every Friday night, and earning two hundred quid at the building site, and you're earning twenty-five pounds… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
David Nugent tore up the Championship but he’s gone to Portsmouth and he’s a fish up a tree — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
If you’re chopping and changing the team you don’t get that word I can’t pronounce beginning with ‘C’. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Every single player on the pitch is now in the Birmingham box, apart from two of them. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
But I was just a normal person really. You see, I didn't get it in my head that I was just a professional footballer… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
![“The best player I ever played against was Paolo Maldini. We [Arsenal] played against Milan in the European Supercup [in 1995]. Maldini marked me and I didn’t even get a kick of the ball all game. He was just unbelievable,” quote by Paul Merson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d3/paul-merson-9263_arsenal_the-best-player-i-ever-played-against-wa_72170.jpg)
