Top 35 Paul Gascoigne Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.”

— Paul Gascoigne

2. “It was a big relief off my shoulder.”

— Paul Gascoigne

3. “I never make predictions and I never will.”

— Paul Gascoigne

4. “I don’t know whether I will drink again in my life but I didn’t drink yesterday, I am not drinking today and I’ll try not to drink again tomorrow.”

— Paul Gascoigne

5. “Glasgow Rangers. God I loved playing for them.”

— Paul Gascoigne

6. “If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.”

— Paul Gascoigne

7. “I’ve had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.”

— Paul Gascoigne

8. “A boy is better unborn than untaught.”

— Paul Gascoigne

9. “I’m a better person now, and not only that – I’m a better man.”

— Paul Gascoigne

10. “But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.”

— Paul Gascoigne

11. “I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer.”

— Paul Gascoigne

12. “Daft as a brush? I’m daft, but I’m not daft as a brush!”

— Paul Gascoigne

13. “Everywhere I looked life seemed to be full of problems and they were just going to go on and on. It was never going to get any better.”

— Paul Gascoigne

14. “All I want to shout is ‘Moaty, it’s Gazza!‘, and I guarantee me and him could sit and chat. I would say, ‘Why don’t you just put the gun away, throw it in the river? The police are not going to kill you.”

— Paul Gascoigne

15. “I would do those 2 years over and over again for the rest of my life.”

— Paul Gascoigne

16. “I’ve got a bit of money in the bank. I’m quite comfortable.”

— Paul Gascoigne

17. “The drink? Yes, I’ve had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.”

— Paul Gascoigne

18. “You learn, right, a lot of people’s problems – why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink – is because they can’t say one word and it’s N-O, no.”

— Paul Gascoigne

19. “I’ve learnt and I just want to be respected for what I’ve achieved on the pitch. I know I haven’t achieved much off it but I do know I’ve given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.”

— Paul Gascoigne

20. “I’ve had to deal with everything but everyone has helped me, including Sir Alex Ferguson, to get through. George Best was a good friend of mine. We loved each other, we both knew where we were coming from.”

— Paul Gascoigne

21. “I’ll tell you what my real dream is. I mean my absolute number one dream that will mean I die a happy man if it happens. I want to see a UFO. They’re real. I don’t care if you look at me like that. UFO’s are a definite fact and I’ve got to see one soon.”

— Paul Gascoigne

22. “No one is ever going to be as good as I was.”

— Paul Gascoigne

23. “I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I’m learning to say I’ve got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.”

— Paul Gascoigne

24. “I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you’ve got to. But I try not say that I’m an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it’s a disease I’ve got.”

— Paul Gascoigne

25. “I’ll tell you the truth; I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.”

— Paul Gascoigne

26. “If the fans want me out, I’ll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won’t make excuses, I’ll leave.”

— Paul Gascoigne

27. “I do want to be a manager one day. It might be 10 years, I don’t know when.”

— Paul Gascoigne

28. “I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.”

— Paul Gascoigne

29. “I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I’ve got loads of love to give.”

— Paul Gascoigne

30. “I don’t really do pranks any more. I have a laugh in the dressing room here, where it’s safe, and the guys don’t go to the papers and tell them what I’ve done.”

— Paul Gascoigne

31. “Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don’t mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that’s no good for our youngsters coming through.”

— Paul Gascoigne

32. “I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman’s decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.”

— Paul Gascoigne

33. “But if I wasn’t playing, I would drink Saturdays, then Sunday, then Monday. Then I would try and train and it was no good, then have another drink just to pass the day away.”

— Paul Gascoigne

34. “I’m going to do things when they are right for me.”

— Paul Gascoigne

35. “Because of the booking I will miss the Holland game – if selected.”

— Paul Gascoigne