Joey Barton

I'm in a contact sport.

— Joey Barton

I love Newcastle.

— Joey Barton

I don't fear failure.

— Joey Barton

There is no perfect human being out there.

— Joey Barton

I'm peculiar and a weirdo. That's me.

— Joey Barton

I used anger like a fuel, a propellant, to turn in to performances.

— Joey Barton

I am influenced hugely by American sport.

— Joey Barton

You need tried and tested in the Premier League.

— Joey Barton

I was really talented at football and my mind was opened up by it.

— Joey Barton

The more money you have, the more problems you have.

— Joey Barton

Sometimes you can stay in a space too long.

— Joey Barton

I hope everybody loves me as a coach and loves me as a manager, but I'm realistic.

— Joey Barton

I'm somebody who has always served the higher purpose in terms of the team, always done well when that's been at the…

— Joey Barton

Unsworth makes Alan Brazil look like an athlete. I used to call him 'Chipper Unsworth' - he used to chip it and…

— Joey Barton

There's nothing wrong with betting if it's controlled - it's when it becomes out of control and people bet beyond their means.

— Joey Barton

He couldn't put on a coaching session to save his life. I've spoken to people about him and he can barely lay…

— Joey Barton

As much as I didn't want to go to jail I had to accept it. It was my own doing.

— Joey Barton

I have nothing but good things to say about the people of Fleetwood and the surrounding community. I was welcomed from day…

— Joey Barton

I think if I thought I was going to be a mediocre coach, or an average coach, I probably wouldn't do it.

— Joey Barton

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…

— Joey Barton

The size of a football for men's a size five, say we moved the size of a women's football down to a…

— Joey Barton

Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

— Joey Barton

I just say: 'Make bold statements and work towards them. Say you are going to be the best player in the league…

— Joey Barton

I see pundits on the box, saying kids will watch 'Match of the Day' and copy what they see, but if you…

— Joey Barton

Management is the perfect job because when my mind is focused it's incredibly productive. When it gets unfocused or I have lots…

— Joey Barton

You look at the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, whether it's the boots they wear, the haircuts they have, and you…

— Joey Barton

Where I grew up, fathers would have bets on whose kids were the toughest and we were put together in the garden…

— Joey Barton

If you look at it, slow plodding midfielders tend to become good managers. Look at many great managers and they tend to…

— Joey Barton

I was at school and trying to fit in, like most kids, I didn't want to be outside the herd. Then all…

— Joey Barton

If we're going to make women's football better, as a spectator sport, to stand on its own in the marketplace, if you…

— Joey Barton

The red-and-white side of the north-east don't like me and they've made that clear every time I've played and managed there. But,…

— Joey Barton

A lot of institutions and other sports are quite liberal and forward thinking but, for some strange reason, football has never adequately…

— Joey Barton

When I was younger, it was a lot more about the physical. As you get older, you understand that it's more about…

— Joey Barton

My dad was preparing me for a life in Knowsley and Huyton, one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. A…

— Joey Barton

If you can get Mourinho, you've got to get Mourinho.

— Joey Barton

I am not alone in football in having a problem with gambling.

— Joey Barton

Football gave me discipline, structure, a meaning in life.

— Joey Barton

I didn't think I was capable of getting depressed.

— Joey Barton

Life's too short to look back at things.

— Joey Barton

Another over-rated Brazilian... Sort your hamstrings out FatBoy..

— Joey Barton