FOOTBALLER Joey Barton has confessed to stealing his philosophising tough guy persona from the lead character in the 1989 movie Road House.

The film, regarded as a cult classic, stars Swayze as a professional nightclub bouncer and is famous for lines including ‘Nobody ever wins a fight,’ and ‘Be nice until its time not to be nice’.

QPR player Barton apparently saw the film on Channel 5 while at the Sporting Chance clinic and realised he could belt as many people as he liked if he came out with a few supposedly deep statements in between.

He said: It started at City when I got a red card and told the lads, Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and hell drop like a stone.

I thought theyd know it from the film, but Stuart Pearce nodded slowly like Id said something really wise and I realised I could get away with this.

You should have seen Alan Shearers face when I said I used to fuck guys like you in prison’. Although thinking back on it I’m not sure whether that was anger or mild arousal.”

QPR manager Mark Hughes said: Like most men, the only Patrick Swayze film Ive seen is Point Break so I thought Joey was quoting proper philosophers like Plato and Decartes.

The news is going to hit DJ Campbell the hardest, though. Hes just had Marcus Aurelius saying Pain dont hurt tattooed on his leg.