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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 them and that's the next step for me - to continue this next season.

Alan Shearer

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Alan Shearer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 13
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If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.
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There's no way the future's over for Martin Keown, Tony Adams or David Seaman.
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At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.
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I spend time with my family. I have got two daughters who are too young to know their Dad's a footballer. They just want to play with their Dad. I like to play golf, too, but apart from that, that's me, I'm afraid.
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I'd like to play for Newcastle United before I retire. The club is in my blood.
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If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it.
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I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.
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When I was a young boy I wanted to play for Newcastle United, I wanted to wear the number nine shirt and I wanted to score goals at St James' Park. I've lived my dream and I realise how lucky I've been to have done that.
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I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.
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If people are going to write bad things about me because it makes news, I can brush it aside because I've had this for 10 years. I'm big enough and strong enough to cope with it. It's what comes with being Alan Shearer.
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Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.
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Lampard picks his head up and knocks it out to the wing.
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People are very proud of Newcastle, very proud to come from here. This is a working class City and they just want to enjoy themselves and live life to the full. They work all week, pick their wages up at the end of the week and they spend it over a weekend by having a good time and watching the football. That's our life.
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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 scores and creates goals, he can pass the ball, he can head it, and rounds all this off with a competitive streak.
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I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'.
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Any change of my style, the way I've played for 10 years, will not be a drastic one. Yes, I've always given as good as I've got as a forward you have to do that because, if you don't look after yourself, you might find yourself being thrown in a hole and buried.
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Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless
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Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.
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First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.
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