For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn’t got two of what I’ve got. And I don’t mean balls!
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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They love me for what I’m not They hate me for what I am.
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If any one of my players isn’t interfering with play, they’re not getting paid.
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Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven’t had fourteen pairs in my life.
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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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I’m dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.
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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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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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We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.
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I’ve decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully – in about 200 years’ time.
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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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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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You don’t want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.
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When I go, God’s going to have to give up his favourite chair.
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