“Romania are more Portuguese than German.”

Tempo … now there’s a big word.

The Croatians don’t play well without the ball.

I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.

The living are more demanding; the dead can wait.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.

You’re a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.

When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.

Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom.

I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.

You know, I think more people should watch women’s basketball. It’d do so much for the game.

I’m not really a big X’s and O’s guy, but if you want to go there, I’m more of a space-the-floor type of coach: