Paul Gascoigne Athlete Quotations

I never predict anything, and I never will.

Anyway, how can you sack anyone who still hasn't got a contract. I'll be there for the game and I'll stand behind the dugout giving instructions to the players from there. They will respond to me more than the next manager.

I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness.

Well, I did know - but I just wanted the day to pass and the next day to come and then I wanted that one to pass. It was a horrible cycle. I felt so close to having to pack the game in.

Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I'm going to.

I feel sorry for the fans because they are laying out a lot of money now and if the players don't perform, they are getting robbed of their money.

I still have my problems but I try and deal with them a bit better now. I don't let them ride on for a month then realise I've got a stack of them.

I was proud playing for England in the World Cup. Every game I played in, I did really, really well. I had the world at my feet, you know.

When it comes to drinking, I don't look to the future now. Because it only brings worry. I live day by day, a day at a time, as they say.

When I was playing, I wasn't drinking at the weekends. Not after the game, not on Sundays, when I would just relax, have a sauna, things like that.

At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things.

The players are still behind me, Kettering is behind me, the staff is behind me, everyone is behind me. Unfortunately, the chairman is not.

I'm not going to get that pace back but I can beat people with my pace in the head. I just want to get back in the team and enjoy this season.

I'm going to do things that make me happy. I have always felt that other people are running my life. I don't want that any more.

I'll have a think about it all around next February but I've got a year left here and I can still finish off my career on a high note at Everton.

And that way, I don't blame other people. I'm the one that has to keep off the drink. I'm taking responsibility for my life on everything.