Being thick isn’t an affliction if you’re a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he’s brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.
BRIAN CLOUGHIf a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.
More Brian Clough Quotes
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My wife says OBE stands for Old Big ‘Ead.
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When I go, God’s going to have to give up his favourite chair.
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Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right.
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They love me for what I’m not They hate me for what I am.
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We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.
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If any one of my players isn’t interfering with play, they’re not getting paid.
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I’ve decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully – in about 200 years’ time.
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Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off ‘cos they’d have worked it out for themselves.
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You don’t want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.
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On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.
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Bill eventually became Mr Tottenham Hotspur, and produced such a dazzling team at White Hart Lane that they won the double and played the game in a way that was an object lesson to everybody.
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I’m dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.
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Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius.
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If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.
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If a player is not interfering with play then he shouldn’t be on the pitch.
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