Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes,… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year:… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
If you are at the top in entertainment, you earn money that you can never justify to ordinary people doing proper jobs.… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
People are possibly not spelling 'Leicester' correctly everywhere round the globe, but they are at least saying it correctly now. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes,… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Playing football and presenting TV are totally different things, but there are similarities: it's exciting, it can go well, it can go… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Our games are not always the best, but they are exciting, which is what people love to see. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately,… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
The big thing is, everybody says it's being in the right place at the right time. But it's more than that, it's… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Fella’s a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele… Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought'… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Congratulations to Thierry Henry on a truly wonderful career. One of the great footballers of our time and a top bloke. Bonne chance. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
People are possibly not spelling 'Leicester' correctly everywhere round the globe, but they are at least saying it correctly now. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Messi doesn't have to do it in the Premier League to prove himself. The Champions League is the ultimate club competition. If he was… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
You can never really justify wages in the entertainment business, but it is what it is. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
