Quote

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'.

Alan Shearer

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alan Shearer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 13
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Sports Commentator
Newcastle
School
Dustbin
Change
Footballer
Made
Hadn
Men
Till
Wrote
Dad
Questionnaire
Careers
Joiner
Become
Questionnaires

More quotes by Alan Shearer

Image
No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.
Alan Shearer
Image
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
Image
At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.
Alan Shearer
Image
Nothing's black or white in our country - you're either brilliant or you're hopeless
Alan Shearer
Image
First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.
Alan Shearer
Image
You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.
Alan Shearer
Image
I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.
Alan Shearer
Image
I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic.
Alan Shearer
Image
I like the tag of being the world's most expensive player. It's an honour and a privilege.
Alan Shearer
Image
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.
Alan Shearer
Image
One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.
Alan Shearer
Image
You never get fed up scoring goals.
Alan Shearer
Image
Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.
Alan Shearer
Image
There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.
Alan Shearer
Image
One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.
Alan Shearer
Image
I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.
Alan Shearer
Image
I've turned down Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Manchester United to play here. I hope everyone already knows how much it means to me to play for Newcastle United.
Alan Shearer
Image
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.
Alan Shearer
Image
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.
Alan Shearer
Image
You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'.
Alan Shearer