“I went to AA meetings when I was in prison. And I hope I've gone some ...” — Joey Barton Quote

I went to AA meetings when I was in prison. And I hope I've gone some way to turning my life around.

There were a lot of players more technically gifted than me but what I had was an ability to harness my anger at the world.

If you look at it, slow plodding midfielders tend to become good managers. Look at many great managers and they tend to be of a certain type. Pep Guardiola is the best coach but was a midfielder who had no pace and no skills. Mauricio Pochettino was of the similar profile.

I was really talented at football and my mind was opened up by it.

There's nothing wrong with betting if it's controlled - it's when it becomes out of control and people bet beyond their means.

The most learning I do is in meetings and board work and the film room. That's what happens. When you work hard there, you play well on the field. So that's what I do.

I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to the PTA meetings.

I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.

I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.

I think that's the difference between meetings in New York and L.A. In New York, it's like, 'Be there, and be there on time.' In L.A. it's like, 'Oh, we get it. You might have ran into traffic. We'll reschedule.'