Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year.
My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.
You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'.
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.
Defeat is not worth thinking about.
I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic.
People are very proud of Newcastle, very proud to come from here. This is a working class City and they just want to enjoy themselves and live life to the full. They work all week, pick their wages up at the end of the week and they spend it over a weekend by having a good time and watching the football. That's our life.
Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.
One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.
First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.
If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.
I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.
If people don't like my style, then I can't do anything about that. I have been like that since I first entered into the game and it hasn't done me bad in the past, so I am not going to change now.
I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'.
You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.
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.
I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football.
Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.
I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.
You never get fed up scoring goals.
Yes, I do like to be in control. I do like everything to be laid out, to know what I'm doing. I'm very impatient. I like things done yesterday, which is probably a fault of mine. I like things to be neat and tidy and organised. I say what I want and show what I want and I keep things private.
We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.
Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.
As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age.
No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.
