I Didn't Watch Cartoons, I Was Too

You Only Get One Chance Of An England Debut.

No Money In The World Can Buy A White England Shirt.

When I Was A Young Boy I Wanted To Play For Newcastle United, I Wanted To Wear The Number Nine Shirt And I Wanted To Score Goals At St James' Park. I've Lived My Dream And I Realise How Lucky I've Been To Have Done That.

If People Are Going To Write Bad Things About Me Because It Makes News, I Can Brush It Aside Because I've Had This For 10 Years. I'm Big Enough And Strong Enough To Cope With It. It's What Comes With Being Alan Shearer.

There Is Another Side To Me Which People Don't Often See, But It's Very Hard For Me To Show That. When I Do Interviews, I'm Talking To People I Don't Know And When You Speak To A Stranger You Don't Open Up, Do You? In My Position, People Are Always Looking For Something To Say About Me. And Anything I Do Say, Given Half-a-chance They'll Turn It Round Into Something Spectacular So I've Got To Be Very Careful. That's Why It's Only My Friends And Family Who Know The Real Me. Now My Wife, Lainya, She Could Tell You A Few Stories.