He is very tough, 100 percent a football player. He loves contact and doesn't shy away from anyone. Anywhere we put him, he'll be looking for action. He's crazy.

[It was the intensity of Italian football which troubled the former Hibs striker most.] It was cruel stuff out there as Italians, at that time, were quite prepared to play without the ball, ... Foreign players - and we were the pioneers - were regarded with deep suspicion. Not only were we kicked up and down the park but regularly spat on as well. When I returned home for the close season, I knew I couldn't go back.

Football just brings a different atmosphere that other sports don't bring.

That's what I've been waiting for, why I stuck around -- to win football games, ... And it's a tough loss, to know it was right there at the end.

You really don't throw a football with your arm, per se. You throw with your legs. You have to have good balance and a good base.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.