“There are not many players about who can go up front and be a target m...” — Paul Merson Quote

There are not many players about who can go up front and be a target man, be strong, put his body in the way, score goals and then in the game, he can drop off and hit a 30-yard ball through the eye of a needle and knit play together.

I like Tammy Abraham and Olivier Giroud, they are good players, but are they going to win you the Premier League? No, and I say that because they are not going to be in the top five or six goal scorers in the league.

When you start drinking, everything goes out of the window. You don't care about anything. You don't even care about yourself.

I played at Aston Villa for four years and most of the time I loved it there, but typically it took me a while to settle in.

It's hard to be dainty and la la la when you're also supposed to be strong.

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.

I always tell my clients to be tough, to be strong. Never weaken yourself. I believe God favors only strong persons.

As Christians, we must be strong.

Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.