SOCCER QUOTES
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Famous Footballing Philosophers
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Sam Allardyce:
"There are scientists who will tell you that spirit, because it can't be measured, doesn't exist. Bollocks. It does exist" - Bolton Wanderers manager discusses metaphysics.
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Alan Brown:
"Soccer is the biggest thing that's happened in creation. It's bigger than any 'ism' you can name."
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Brian Clough:
"It only takes a second to score a goal."
"Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes."
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Johann Cruyff:
"Toeval is logisch." ("Coincidence is logical.")
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Paul Gardner:
"To the aesthete it (football) is an art form, an athletic ballet. To the spiritually inclined it is a religion."
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Thierry Henry:
"Sometimes in football you have to score goals."
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Ian Holloway:
"My ceiling's broken, my car's got a puncture and we've just lost two matches. But I've got my health and I'll ask the big man upstairs why he didn't give us a point."
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John Motson:
"The World Cup is a truly international event."
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Sir Alf Ramsey:
"The missing of chances is one of the mysteries of life."
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Gordon Strachan:
"The world looks a totally different place after two wins."
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Neville Southall:
"If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day."
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Mike Summerbee:
"Next thing we'll be giving our handbags to the linesmen as we skip onto the field." - commenting on new rules interpretations by referees
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Peter Taylor:
"When I said even my Missus could save Derby from relegation, I was exaggerating."
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Famous Footballing Players
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Michael Owen
"He's got the legs of a salmon." - Craig Brown (ex-Scotland coach)
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Michel Platini
"Even his feet are intelligent." - Michel Hildago
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Patrick Vieira
"You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you." - Arsene Wenger's reply, according to The Sun newspaper, when Vieira complained to him that Arsenal had failed to sign any world-class players.
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