The only way I'd have gone was if it would better my career, I would not have gone just for the money. The point was to go to a club that could win trophies.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't really think about going to another club; I wanted to be a Tottenham player and play at Tottenham.
I think the kind of career I've had, something would have had to be sacrificed.
I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'
If football had always been my main goal then I would have gone to some scholarship school; I could have gotten more exposure there.
If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be totally content with my life.
There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.
If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
I remember cleaning boots at Millwall on £250 a week and feeling like a millionaire. I'd made it then. At that time, if I never played for another club it wouldn't have bothered me too much because I'd made it with a football team in England.
I never, ever would have imagined the kind of career I've had. It just wouldn't have occurred to me that anything like this could have been possible. I didn't have any such aspirations. And I still can't believe my good fortune.
That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club. I don't accept that makes you a bad manager or a poor coach. If that is the view I strongly disagree with it.
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