Quotes from Alan Shearer

Regrets? None at all.

Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have always said that. When that will be I really couldn't tell you.

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.

I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.

I made no secret of the fact I'd love to stay in football and to do that, you need badges. I'm starting them and that's the next step for me - to continue this next season.

At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.

I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.

I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic.

You never get fed up scoring goals.

As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age.