“He would talk to me like I was the best player in the world and I went out at St James’ Park feeling like I was going to play like the best player in the world. I am 5ft 6 or 5ft 7ins tall but I am telling you this: when I put that kit on and I was standing in that tunnel with Bobby Robson, I felt like I was Didier Drogba.”

—  Bobby Robson

Craig Bellamy, 2013. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/craig-bellamy-autobiography-newcastles-sir-1927434

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