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Alan Shearer

(1970) Association Football Player

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Alan Shearer is an association football player, best known for Match of the Day : Top 10 of Everything.

Quick Facts About Alan Shearer

Born: August 13, 1970
Profession: Association Football Player
Notable works: Match of the Day : Top 10 of Everything

About Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, he is the league's record goalscorer with 260 goals. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. In 1996, he came third in both Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. Shearer was one of the first two players inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Alan Shearer

You never get fed up scoring goals.

Fed up

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It doesn't matter that I didn't win a trophy because I did it my way and I lived the dream.

Because

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There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.

Bit

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If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.

Great party

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You only get one chance of an England debut.

Chance

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Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have always said that. When that will be I really couldn't tell…

Always

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If people don't like my style, then I can't do anything about that. I have been like that since I first entered…

Done

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There is another side to me which people don't often see, but it's very hard for me to show that. When I…

Careful

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People say he doesn't score a lot of goals with his head, but does he really have to with the ability he…

Ability

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At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.

Time

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The fans have what they want. They want entertainment, they want passion and they want commitment.

Commitment

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My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.

Asks

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I made no secret of the fact I'd love to stay in football and to do that, you need badges. I'm starting…

Badges

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I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.

Penalties

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I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be…

Hell

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Andy Carroll will cause anyone problems and I don't see a problem in that

Causes

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I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.

Back

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As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early…

Adventure

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For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He…

Balls

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No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.

England

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You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.

About yourself

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You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and…

Cameras

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I still get butterflies when England are playing.

Butterfly

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I hope I never have to face that feeling of missing and sending my country or team out of a competition.

Competition

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This is the better one. It's identical.

Football

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