Alan Shearer Quotes

I've always wanted to play for Newcastle, and I've only had a little taste of that, so for me, it's about getting fit as soon as I can and getting back on the pitch for Newcastle and making more memories of the future.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.

I've played three seasons at Real Madrid; I've given my all. I've scored goals, I've won two leagues, and that's not easy.

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

Ever since I was kid, I dreamed of playing for England.

I always wanted to be one of the best players in the world like Zinedine Zidane, so it was great that I ended up playing at West Ham against some of the best players in the world.

Throughout my childhood, and thanks to Arsenal's former striker Thierry Henry and other French players, I always dreamed of playing for this club, so that dream has been fulfilled.

Me, all-time topscorer - who would have thought that when I signed for Napoli?

I want to compliment Francesco Totti: scoring 206 goals is a great achievement. It does not matter that he has beat me, as he is a great player.

I ask myself what I can do to become like Messi and Ronaldo and score 50 or 60 goals in a season.

My dream is to play with the selecao in the World Cup in Brazil and I will have more chance to realise the dream if I play for a big team.

I want to continue to play and score as many goals as possible for as long as possible.

I have been a Madridista since I was young. I always wanted to play for Real Madrid, and now that I have the opportunity to be important here, I want to take it.

I wish to play again for West Ham before I finish my career.

The FA Cup has been good for me, and I have scored some goals, but I want to get better because I need to get better. Scoring goals is one of the things that I need to do better because a player in my position must do that. I want to achieve many other things, but that is the main one.

I'm proud to have played 14 matches at the World Cup with the number ten shirt and to have scored eight goals.

When you're growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.

I hope to stay many years in Manchester United and make history in this club. When I was at Porto and Atletico Madrid, I always wanted to improve to achieve my dream of playing in a team like this.

I've learnt to be more patient, more comfortable on the ball, and the number of goals I've scored, I'm happy.

I'm definitely playing the best football of my time at Chelsea.

In my living room I always used to tell my mum 'one day I'll score for Everton' and when that happened it was unbelievable for me.

To grow up and play for FC Bayern Munich and eventually Germany has been truly a dream come true.

I didn't see myself playing regularly at right-back for Manchester United or making my England debut in that position.

After I joined Alkmaar, I didn't score for seven League games, but soon afterwards, I started to score goals.