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It would be more weird if people didn't stare at me or shout at me.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Me More People Shout Stare Weird Would

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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Being Divorced Drops Famous Find Finish Five Floor Get Go Hard Lot Really Salary Scary Something Sort Strange Strange Things Struggle Them Things Think Through Tips True Within Years You Your I Think

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This is ludicrous. Seven- and eight-year-olds valiantly trying to cover the same acreage as those grown-up chaps in the Premier League is absurd. To add to the lunacy, a little goalkeeper, barely out of nappies, has to stand between posts that are eight strides apart - adult strides - and under a crossbar more than twice his height.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Absurd Add Adult Apart Barely Between Chap Cover Eight Goalkeeper Grown-Up Height His League Little Ludicrous Lunacy More Out Posts Premier Premier League Same Seven Stand Strides Than Those Trying Twice

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I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Anything Anything Else Else Goals Interested Only Scoring

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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Make Mistakes People Say Stupid They Say Things

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I try very hard to be bad, but people never take me seriously.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Bad Hard Me Never Never Take People Seriously Take Try Very

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As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Backgrounds Colors Different Different Backgrounds Different Colors Footballers Grow Grow Up Just People Skin Up You

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My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Accident Brother-In-Law Brought Coverage Fact Fiancee Had Home Injuries Issue Live More People Really Recently Spinal Thousands Wish Young Young People I Wish

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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Always Ball Chase End Football Game Germans Men Minutes Simple Win 90 Minutes

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What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.

~Gary Lineker

Topics: Everyone Learn Please Please Everyone Time You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Athlete

Born: November 30th, 1960

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