“I've worked at St James' and in the first game of the season there the...” — Sam Allardyce Quote

I've worked at St James' and in the first game of the season there the fans will lift the players.

We've got the greatest Premier League, greatest domestic competition in the world but the downside of that is we've got fewer and fewer English players playing in that league.

I am not a great sleeper, so 30 minutes of meditation, they say in research, is as good as two or three hours sleep, which is why you feel better.

I believe first of all it's always a disappointment to lose the players at an important moment of the season.

You have to try to win the ball at all costs and if someone doesn't get it quite right people get injured.

I want to be part of a World Cup-winning squad. I want to see to it that I lift the trophy for my country.

You need to accept yourself for who you are and surround yourself with a good group of girl friends that'll lift you up instead of put you down.

But there's no problem to lift before the game in the morning, then play the game at night.

It's not about how much weight you can lift in-season. It's about how fast you can move it, how strong you are, how you can maintain that strength so you can produce on the floor.

What's heavy for me when I lift, probably isn't actually a lot of weight.