I’ve decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully – in about 200 years’ time.
BRIAN CLOUGHI’m sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I’d want to run the show. They were shrewd, because that’s exactly what I would have done.
More Brian Clough Quotes
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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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When I go, God’s going to have to give up his favourite chair.
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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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For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn’t got two of what I’ve got. And I don’t mean balls!
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They love me for what I’m not They hate me for what I am.
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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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I’m dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.
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You don’t want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.
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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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Come and see my coaching certificates – they’re called the European Cup and league championships.
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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.
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If a player is not interfering with play then he shouldn’t be on the pitch.
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I’m sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I’d want to run the show. They were shrewd, because that’s exactly what I would have done.
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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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My wife says OBE stands for Old Big ‘Ead.
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