“I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always...” — Glenn Hoddle Quote

I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always planned for Michael Owen to face Colombia in our final group game because they defended square and a quick striker would be able to exploit the space behind them.

No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well.

I spent hours from 11 until 16 with Tottenham in the gym playing the ball against the wall. We played against the wall for an hour before we would have a match. Left foot. Right foot. In the square. In the circle. Above the line, below it. Chest control. Thigh control. Volley sideways.

Nobody criticised me when we qualified for the World Cup when I decided that the best shape for us going forward was three men at the back and stretching the pitch width-wise, which gives you options.

I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.

No one can feel as the owner of the country and no one can feel excluded from the right of property. We must all suffer Colombia.

There is a lot of inequality in Colombia. We have to correct that.

I'm from Colombia, and we've been through a lot of hard situations.

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.