Ian Ashby is very underrated and it's right he gets the accolades he gets — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
If I have one piece of advice to give to people - talk. Nothing ever gets better if you don't talk. — Paul Merson Advice Copy Share Image
I was getting up in the morning and betting on Lithuanian under-20 basketball matches. — Paul Merson Basketball Copy Share Image
The big oxygen thing is out for Benni McCarthy... he's got a lot of medical round him — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Every single player on the pitch is now in the Birmingham box, apart from two of them. — Paul Merson Birmingham Copy Share Image
Being an addict is hard. It's something you have got for the rest of your life. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, unbelievable centre-forwards - but you could not say to them: 'For the next three weeks I want you… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
If you have Robbie Williams and Elton John at Wembley in front of 100,000 people, it will be the best thing you've… — Paul Merson Adrenaline Copy Share Image
Divock Origi isn't going to win Liverpool leagues, no disrespect. If he was better than Mohamed Salah or Roberto Firmino, he'd be… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Legend is a term bandied about too much in football, but in Premier League terms Sergio Aguero is an absolute legend. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
When you play Leeds, you need players who are quick and who are capable of beating opponents as they like to set… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
When you rotate, you have to get the balance right. When you rotate and you win, it's great but when you rotate… — Paul Merson Balance Copy Share Image
The best player I ever played against was Paolo Maldini. We [Arsenal] played against Milan in the European Supercup [in 1995]. Maldini… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
If you look at the world, there's only maybe only Brazil or Argentina that can win a World Cup that aren't in… — Paul Merson Europe Copy Share Image
You have to get your goalscorers on the pitch when you have to win. — Paul Merson Football Copy Share Image
David Nugent tore up the Championship but he’s gone to Portsmouth and he’s a fish up a tree — Paul Merson Championship Copy Share Image
If you’re chopping and changing the team you don’t get that word I can’t pronounce beginning with ‘C’. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Everyone knows me from my time at Arsenal. No-one really remembers me at Boro or Villa. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
This is hard to say but I think Jurgen Klopp has been a bit blinkered at Liverpool. — Paul Merson Football Copy Share Image
I used to think I was a bad person, I'd drink and gamble a lot and I didn't want to but I… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
But that's why the fans liked me so much. 'Cos I am one of them. If they were in one pub down… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
But I was just a normal person really. You see, I didn't get it in my head that I was just a… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
I never worry what people think about me anymore. Just go out and say what you need to say. People worry about… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
I'm an addictive person. If I open a bag of sweets, I won't just eat one or two, I'll eat the lot.… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Before, I would literally watch people ringing me trying to help me, but I wouldn't take the calls. It's the worst place… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
You do not want to be playing good teams and always let them have 70 per cent of the ball, and expect… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Never worry about what people think. That's what drove me to drinking a lot of time, worrying about what people thought of… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
I have an illness. I have a mental illness. I've accepted that now. Before, I used to beat myself up all the… — Paul Merson Illness Copy Share Image
I played in an FA Cup final for Aston Villa and the manager went negative, sitting everyone behind the ball against Chelsea. — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
If you aren't going to have a lot of the ball, you've got to play when you've got the ball, otherwise you… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
I placed some silly wagers, sixty grand here, eighty grand there. I'd ring up a bookie and bet £10,000 on something like… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
When you see your friends going out every Friday night, and earning two hundred quid at the building site, and you're earning… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
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