I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.

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• Gary Speed:

  I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to

• Gary Speed:

  Everyone I know is fervently proud to be Welsh but you try not to be preachy about it. It's difficu

• Gary Speed:

  You've got to believe you can get a result from the game.

• Gary Speed:

  I had a lot of times with Wales as well when we were getting beat - and beaten well - and you learn

• Gary Speed:

  If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired

• Gary Speed:

  Goal scoring is a recurring theme. If you aren't scoring then you aren't going to win games. That's

• Gary Speed:

  I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.

• Gary Speed:

  Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being

• Gary Speed:

  Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other.

• Gary Speed:

  What's important is Welsh football and that it progresses.