I was at school and trying to fit in, like most kids, I didn't want to be outside the herd. Then all of a sudden I'm reading Morrissey in magazines saying he knew he was peculiar, and he embraced it.… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
I signed for a club when I was eight and went straight from school into a YTS academy. I've never lived in the real world. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
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. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
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… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
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… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
I will regret that I wasn't successful at Rangers but all the negativity of that will help me be successful as a coach. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
If I could get The Smiths back together that would top anything I could achieve on the football pitch. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
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… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
