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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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Alan Shearer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 13
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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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Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year.
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I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.
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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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I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.
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One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.
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I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that.
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We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.
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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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I like the tag of being the world's most expensive player. It's an honour and a privilege.
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My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.
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I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.
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If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.
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First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.
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Andy Carroll will cause anyone problems and I don't see a problem in that
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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.
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There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.
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I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic.
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I still get butterflies when England are playing.
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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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