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Football Quotes by Joey Barton

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Joey Barton admits he shares a gambling issue with other players and says his Rangers disappointment will fuel his future coaching. He praises Paul Scholes as the most technically gifted English player and calls Messi far ahead of Maradona. He also notes that top stars shape the game through their style and fame.

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I love Newcastle.

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You need tried and tested in the Premier League.

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I was really talented at football and my mind was opened up by it.

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If you can get Mourinho, you've got to get Mourinho.

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I am not alone in football in having a problem with gambling.

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Football gave me discipline, structure, a meaning in life.

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Another over-rated Brazilian... Sort your hamstrings out FatBoy..

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Rangers is a fantastic football club.

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When I went to QPR it was a choice dictated by money.

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I'm somebody who has always served the higher purpose in terms of the team, always done well when that's been at the…

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He couldn't put on a coaching session to save his life. I've spoken to people about him and he can barely lay…

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I think if I thought I was going to be a mediocre coach, or an average coach, I probably wouldn't do it.

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I'm a New York Giants fan and I'm a big fan of Eli Manning. I like the way he plays the game…

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It's a different sport though really, in essence - women's football should be adjusted for women, physiologically, biologically.

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Probably for me Newcastle is the closest connection to the fans I had.

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How I wish the mass media had christened me Joe instead of Joey. I hate Joey, not going to lie. Nobody I…

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How can you get players to exert themselves physically when you're out of shape?

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The size of a football for men's a size five, say we moved the size of a women's football down to a…

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Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

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I see pundits on the box, saying kids will watch 'Match of the Day' and copy what they see, but if you…

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You look at the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, whether it's the boots they wear, the haircuts they have, and you…

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I left Newcastle and I fell out with Mike Ashley and I was looking for a new home and I was about…

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We're too focused on tradition in England, like always having to play 4-4-2. Sometimes you need to experiment, drop a bit deeper…

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England did nothing in that World Cup, so why were they bringing books out? 'We got beat in the quarter-finals. I played…

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I got into NFL that way - watching it without really understanding the rules and then the more I watched it the…

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If you look at it, slow plodding midfielders tend to become good managers. Look at many great managers and they tend to…

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If we're going to make women's football better, as a spectator sport, to stand on its own in the marketplace, if you…

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The red-and-white side of the north-east don't like me and they've made that clear every time I've played and managed there. But,…

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A lot of institutions and other sports are quite liberal and forward thinking but, for some strange reason, football has never adequately…

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I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me…

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I will regret that I wasn't successful at Rangers but all the negativity of that will help me be successful as a…

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Messi. 86 goals in calendar year and still 3 games to play! Best to ever play the game in my opinion just edges Maradona.

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I've been critical of Jurgen Klopp, certainly when I was working for talkSPORT, I didn't feel they were learning lessons.

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Messi is the best that's played the game. Streets ahead of Maradona.

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Nobody wants to play only eight games for a club, you want to have more of an impact than that.

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Javier Pastore wouldn't get a beach ball off me if we were locked in a phone box. He's turd. Anyone who thinks…

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Sitting eating sushi in the city, incredibly chilled out reading Nietzsche.

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If I could get The Smiths back together that would top anything I could achieve on the football pitch.

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The media were quite critical of me when I was up there. That's the nature of the industry when you're Joey Barton…

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I think if the FA is truly serious about tackling the culture of gambling in football, it needs to look at its…

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There is no perfect human being out there.

I was a 22-year-old lad, I had 40,000 fans going to the game, and if I didn't play well, I was under this enormous pressure.

I came from a very violent background.

As a player I set out to become the best player in the world. Obviously I don't live in a fantasy world, and I…

There's not a man in there who doesn't regret it. You're in there. You're on your own. Everyone is at their lowest ebb. Prison…

I'm peculiar and a weirdo. That's me.

I love Newcastle.

I am not alone in football in having a problem with gambling.

I will regret that I wasn't successful at Rangers but all the negativity of that will help me be successful as a coach.

If I could get The Smiths back together that would top anything I could achieve on the football pitch.

I'm not a robot. But the way I communicate means I polarise people.

We're a working class game and we're lads who've come from nothing and all of a sudden are seen by society to earn an…

My dad was preparing me for a life in Knowsley and Huyton, one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. A Labour heartland…

I'm in a contact sport.

Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.