Gary Lineker

We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue. ”

This whole science thing of working out if players are a little bit tired just gives you an excuse to leave them out. ”

This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth. ”

It's nice to have the power of Twitter to correct things that were incorrect. ”

The two centre-backs, Rob Huth and Wes Morgan, are in many ways journeyman pros, but they have that wonderful attitude and never-say-die spirit that has culminated in them being top of the league. ”

There is Twitter outrage at everything. Be it a pair of trousers or a short skirt, somebody, somewhere, will not like it. ”

The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What's happening to our country? ”

Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted. ”

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. ”

Being called Gary. It's a crap name. I wish I'd been called by my middle name, Winston. ”