Gary Lineker Quotes

• We have got too many kids around the house to have a romantic meal at home. But Danielle is a fantastic cook. She does a brilliant lasagne, great roasts and a great chilli dish. She knows the way to my heart.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Familiar, Great

• The train’s always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Football, Fans, Opinions

• The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Confidence

  Tags in Negative, Approach, Effect, Tournament

• That’s one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we’ve never watched and all of a sudden it’ll be the biggest thing ever.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Magical, Things

• We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don’t deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Ourselves, Entertainment

• If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you’ve got to swallow it.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Athlete

• The World Cup is every four years, so it’s going to be a perennial problem.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Cup

• 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 in Uncategorized

  Tags in Football

• Ooh, it’s too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets – although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well-received but that was before she started studying Shakespeare at drama college. Now I feel so inept.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Comedic, Romantic, Personalities

• When I see old photos of me on the beach I don’t look too bad… but it’s hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Photographs

• The truth is I don’t feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Self

• The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that’s tougher than it’s ever been.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Successful, Managers, Team

• I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Honesty

  Tags in Self

• I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Self, Extraordinarily, Lucky

• My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Familiar

• I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Ourselves, Thoughtful, Majority

• I’m disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Prejudice

• When you’re winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Players, Criticisms

• My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Familiar

Gary Lineker (19)

Birth:	30th November, 1960
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Athlete

About

Gary Winston Lineker is an English former footballer and current sports broadcaster. He holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored. Lineker's media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s. He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports, Eredivisie Live and NBC Sports Network.

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