Quotes from Harry Redknapp

I am not going to fiddle taxes. I pay my accountant a fortune to look after me.

I've got no business acumen whatsoever.

I don't know what goes on in prison. I've never been in trouble with the police in my life.

I've heard of Francis Drake and Ted Drake. But I don't know who Drake is.

For eight years at West Ham, I made a profit. And I kept them in the Premier League. Took them into Europe.

I have brought up a fantastic family.

Whatever faults I may have, I do know a player.

I am not a tax fiddler. I am not any kind of tax fiddler, never have been in my life.

I don't write. I couldn't even fill a team sheet in.

Two wide men stuck out wide leave you very open in midfield, but it's a strength as well. Going forward, it makes you pretty dangerous to anyone.

I wouldn't fart in front of my wife, and she wouldn't do it in front of me.

I feed foxes. I'm not supposed to, but I love it.

I do get text messages from people with sick jokes on when something terrible has happened. I don't read them; they make me ill. But it does happen, and I'm sure I'm not the only person who gets them.

I have never sent a fax, and I've never even sent a text message.

To try and nick a few quid off the income tax... Why? I am not into that. I don't need that.

I remember the terrible winter in 1963, clearing the snow off the forecourt at Upton Park with the rest of the players so we could train. Job done, we'd play on it for two hours in silly little plimsolls, sliding everywhere.

I don't live my life feeling bitter about anything. I've been so lucky. I've had such a great life.

I see it every week - parents shouting and screaming at kids. My dad was the same. He was always there, but he never interfered. Ron Greenwood, who was the manager of West Ham when I was a kid, wouldn't allow any parent to shout from the touchline. He thought players should be allowed to think for themselves.

At West Ham, I was never able to buy the top-flight players. It was a case of looking around, trying to do deals. I was always taking a gamble.

Lionel Messi reminds me of George Best, the way he would run with the ball tight to his foot.

After my heart operation, I was given tablets, but, I'll admit, half the time I forget to take them. I carry them around in the car. Little triangular things - I don't know what they are, to be honest.

Despite all that has happened in his career since, one of the biggest regrets of my life in management is not taking Luis Suarez to Tottenham when we had the chance.

I've got no hobbies - a game of golf every now and again, but that's it.

When I was a kid, all our seaside holidays were spent on Canvey Island or in Clacton-on-Sea.