"They're the second best team in the world and there's no higher praise than that."

"If I had a blank piece of paper there'd be five names on it"

"You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw."

"I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona."

"The 33 or 34 year olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful."

"I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is."

"Chile have three options : they could win or they could lose."

"He's using his strength and that is his strength, his strength."

"Gary always weighed up his options especially when he had no choice."

"The tide is very much in our court now."

"One of his strengths is not heading."

"He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted."

"There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight."

"England can end the millennium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world."

"They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different.."

"In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg."

"Despite his white boots, he has real pace..."

"That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved."

"Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late 2Os or 3Os."

"The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today."

"The ref was vertically 15 yards away."

"It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up pops a yellow card "

"There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this half is going to develop; everybody's got their own opinion..."

"I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half- time."

"The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it."

"I'm not disappointed - just disappointed."

"I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different."

"A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off."

"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game."

"That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."