Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.

It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.

I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.

I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.

Sports is a unique thing in our country. It's so influential. It's almost like a sacrament for religion.

My father and I rarely saw eye to eye when I was growing up. We saw the world differently. It was only when we were both adults that we were able to share spectacles. However, football, and particularly the World Cup, was when we, enemy combatants, could traverse trenches and be together.

When you are happy and playing regular football, that can make life a lot easier.

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.