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Gary Lineker
English
Athlete
Born:
Nov 30
,
1960
Been
Football
People
Think
World
You
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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
Game
Sports
Win
Simple
Men
Minutes
Chase
Football
Ball
Always
End
Germans
Twenty-Two
The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.
Gary Lineker
Problem
World
Every
Perennial
Years
Cup
Going
World Cup
Four
Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children.
Gary Lineker
Generation
Down
Our
My Generation
Feel
Children
Ashamed
Let Down
What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.
Gary Lineker
Time
You
Please Everyone
Everyone
Please
Learn
I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
Gary Lineker
Moody
Ups And Downs
Big
Ups
Downs
Playing football and presenting TV are totally different things, but there are similarities: it's exciting, it can go well, it can go badly... the difference is when presenting goes badly, it doesn't really affect anyone's life, whereas when you have a bad day on the pitch, it affects people's moods for a whole week.
Gary Lineker
Life
Day
You
People
Bad Day
Moods
TV
Bad
Totally
Similarities
Week
Football
Badly
Exciting
Well
Go
Affect
Affects
Goes
Pitch
Difference
Different
Whereas
Anyone
Really
Whole
Different Things
Things
Playing
Presenting
I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.
Gary Lineker
Job
Free
Pretty
Only
Generally
Got
Saturday
I've quite often written tweets that I think are across that line, but I just delete them.
Gary Lineker
Think
Delete
Written
Line
Quite
Often
Just
Them
Across
Tweets
If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it.
Gary Lineker
You
Somebody
Crowd
Got
Swallow
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
College
Before
Too
Drama
Secrets
Embarrassing
Poem
Shakespeare
More
Share
Written
Feel
Studying
Comedic
She
Although
Inept
Odd
Than
Romantic
Anything
Used
Now
Started
Innermost
I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.
Gary Lineker
Band
Honestly
Voice
Could
Never
Know
Pop
Pop Band
Appalling
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
Life
Great
Blessed
Too
Extraordinarily
Way
Great Life
Had
Along
Know
Am
Doing
Been
Worked
Hard
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
Son
Baby
Ways
Had
He
Well
Doing
George
Very
Tiny
Eldest
Many
Now
Acute
I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.
Gary Lineker
Few
Defeat
Twitter
Mindless
Thoughtful
Majority
Am
Leaving
Doomed
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
You
Other
Everyone
Everything
Way
Those
Says
Criticisms
Winning
Does
Goes
Manager
Fantastic
Then
Games
Earlier
Players
Thinks
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
Best
Happy
Nowadays
Those
Given
Tougher
He
Most
Era
Been
Squads
Than
Managers
Modern
Modern Era
Size
Successful
Use
Team
Who
Rotation
Even
Keep
Ever
Player
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
Will
About
Magical
Someone
Never
Sport
Biggest
Biggest Thing
Team
Sudden
Ever
Challenging
Thing
Things
Watched
Olympics
My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
Gary Lineker
Love
Good
Wife
Weather
Cultures
Different
Different Cultures
Travelling
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
Home
People
Wish
Accident
Young
Live
Thousands
Spinal
Brother-In-Law
Brought
More
Fact
Had
Issue
Coverage
Fiancee
Young People
Really
Injuries
Recently
I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.
Gary Lineker
Buy
Somebody
Nights
Out
See
Week
Footballer
Check
Him
Go
Going
Six
Want
Reserves
Watch
Playing
It's only a matter of time before the English clubs become a lot more competitive in Europe, if not dominant, because our league is, by far, the richest league in the world.
Gary Lineker
Time
World
Matter
Become
Before
Our
More
Only
League
Because
Lot
Dominant
Clubs
Far
Richest
English
Europe
Competitive
In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't.
Gary Lineker
Politics
People
Sometimes
Something
Look
Terms
Policies
Just
Agree
The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League.
Gary Lineker
Great
Game
Appreciation
League
Story
Premier
Premier League
England
People are possibly not spelling 'Leicester' correctly everywhere round the globe, but they are at least saying it correctly now.
Gary Lineker
Saying
People
Spelling
Everywhere
Correctly
Possibly
Globe
Least
Now
Round
People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
Gary Lineker
People
Stupid
Mistakes
Say
Make
They Say
Things
I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.
Gary Lineker
Racism
Football
Clearly
Said
Heard
Comment
Heat
Pitches
Just
Whether
Mean
Moment
Things
Players
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