I've watched us go out on penalties so often. I really thought we'd make it at Euro '96, especially after Gazza's goal against Scotland. I still go to every England game as a spectator. — John Motson Copy Share Image
I did a bit of boxing when younger. Once I was joined by Muhammad Ali as my co-commentator. I've got a picture of the two of us together ringside at the Albert Hall on my wall at home. — John Motson Copy Share Image
Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves. — John Motson Copy Share Image
I do remember once going to Salzburg in Austria. Liverpool were playing a European game there, and they put me in a box behind… — John Motson Copy Share Image
In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper. — John Motson Copy Share Image
I just thought my 50th year in the BBC is 2018, and it has to end sometime, and I thought that would be a… — John Motson Copy Share Image
It is now a pleasure to go to any of the Premier League grounds. They are so welcoming, not just to me but to… — John Motson Copy Share Image
I'm not a celebrity whose face is recognised everywhere I go, like Gary Lineker, but my voice does make people sit up and pay… — John Motson Copy Share Image
I have had a wonderful time. I don't think things could have gone any better for me because I was football-mad as a boy,… — John Motson Copy Share Image
Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here. — John Motson Copy Share Image
The whole London football scene is now financially more powerful and ambitious than ever before. That reflects the city's economic might and its multiculturalism.… — John Motson Copy Share Image
