We don’t want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn’t play football at this level.
BOBBY ROBSONAlan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.
More Bobby Robson Quotes
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Practice makes permanent.
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We can’t replace Gary Speed – where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?
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Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.
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If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won’t lay any eggs in the basket
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He’s very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.
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Don’t count your eggs until the chicken’s laid them.
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Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.
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He’s the only man I know who could start an argument with himself. (on Craig Bellamy)
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Ray Wilkins’ day will come one night
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We haven’t scored which means you haven’t got a chance of winning.
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Well we got nine and you can’t score more than that
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There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.
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The margin is very marginal.
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Don’t ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don’t know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical Brazilian.
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When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.
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