Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
The scar on my forehead is from running through a plate-glass panel when I was 15. I had 27 stitches, which took two hours. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
People say I'm bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I'm a bad driver. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we… — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to… — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy… — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
