Striker Quotes

Politics is like football for me. Labour is my team and even if you don`t like a striker you don`t give up supporting the whole team.

Goals are always in demand. There will always be a market for a striker who is fast, scores goals regularly and is strong. I`ve scored more than 100 goals and people know what they are buying.

I told my players that if we frustrated Leeds there was a strong possibility their crowd would turn against them, ... But we came up against an in-form striker who stuck the three chances he had away and after that it was damage limitation.

My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That`s the life of a striker.

Owen is a class striker, with international pedigree who has scored goals consistently since turning professional. Punters seem to have grasped this fact and Newcastle may just have made a very good late buy as long as they can provide him with the service.

Nowadays, as soon as a striker scores three goals, everyone starts asking him about it.

We promised our supporters that we would sign a top-class striker and we have exceeded every expectation by signing Michael from Real Madrid on a four-year contract.

We are particularly concerned about the health of detainees who may have escaped this narrow definition of a hunger-striker. They may not be receiving any medical treatment. We urge that independent medical experts be given access to detainees.