“I think you're a shit, said Keith sharply. I think much of what youve done this season is shit and I think what you've put everyone involved with this club through is shit. Hows that?”

“Well we certainly don't want to see that kind of thing, admonished Jeff Stelling. Did it calm down?No, shouted Kamara. It got worse. The police were just getting involved when the chairman was hit ...”

“Oh really? said Mayes raising a mocking eyebrow which put Rob in mind of a poor mans Roger Moore. And what on earth makes you think that you of all people would be allowed anywhere near our board m...”

“Jane turned and looked at Rob who was still staring into space with a crazed look on his face. Are you listening to this? she said as she thumped him on the arm. Rob turned to her and broke into a ...”

“A game? Rob spluttered. A bloody game? He turned to face his father. This is your bloody fault! Im living your bloody karma!”

“Two hours later, a noise resembling a hippo rolling along a corrugated iron roof shook Jane from her doze and Rob bursts through the living room door.”

“There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world.”

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”

“You have a very open relationship with your fans.""Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and I can see other readers.”

“We have seen year after year the passion you have for music, and the way you have always been incredibly passionate fans, even though Hanson has not always been the coolest thing to be into.”

“As we'd slogged away for weeks on the Convention Hall stage in isolation, trying to pump life into our much-vaunted songbook, there'd been only one thing missing: you.”

“Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”