Football quotes are epic

Everybody hears the George Best cars and women one, do you know some not so well remembered?


"The difference between Milan and us is that they bought Dessailly whereas we bought Romario. This will be for all to see tomorrow night" - Johan Cruyff, Barcelona coach, the night before the 1994 CL final between Milan and Barcelona.

Dessailly prevented both Romario and Stoichkov that night, before scoring Milans last goal of the game (final: Milan 4 Barca 0).

Lovely Bloke

Football, Bloody Hell.

ArmaniJeanss

"Your job now is to stand by our new manager"

Kirby

"Some people are on the pitch....they think its all over! It is now!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2CXkJVCHk

Korat

"This is our year"

Could apply to every fan but it sticks to one group these days.

Icaras

Korat wrote: »

"This is our year"

Could apply to every fan but it sticks to one group these days.

To be fair their phrase at this time of year is "we're building for next season"

Dirty Dingus McGee

Bill Shankly: 'We cannae play these defensive Continental sides".

Said after a 5:1 defeat by Ajax in the European Cup in 1967

whiskeyman

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33982195

Alan Hansen's 'you can't win anything with kids'


I got a good laugh out of this:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/17/star-wars-or-football-quotes-quiz
Star Wars or Football quotes!

dilallio

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic left home as a teenager, he turned to his father and said "You are the man of the house now"

Arghus

Cruyff has a lot of good ones, "If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better."

Michael Owen Special :P

“It’s a nightmare for strikers when defences push up. You’ve got to go with them or you’re offside.”

GLaDOS

Reporter: "Gordon, can we have a quick word please?"
Strachan: "Velocity" (walks off).

TheDoctor

Another recent one from Michael

"When they don't score, they hardly ever win"

Cortina_MK_IV

"Football is not a matter of life and death... it's much more important than that." - Shankly.

Flint Fredstone

"This does not f**king slip now" - Steven Gerrard.

Boskowski

I read the other day Jamie Vardy allegedly said...

'I don't like Indian food. I prefer English food like Pizza or Chinese.' :eek:

Iused2likebusts

Clough... I wouldn't say Im the world's best manager but I'm definetly in the top 1...
On disagreements with players .... we discuss the issue for about 20 minutes and then we decide I was right

Flint Fredstone

Boskowski wrote: »

I read the other day Jamie Vardy allegedly said...

'I don't like Indian food. I prefer English food like Pizza or Chinese.' :eek:

I put that in the humour thread. I doubt it's true but it made me laugh so hard when I heard it.

Liam O

Boskowski wrote: »

I read the other day Jamie Vardy allegedly said...

'I don't like Indian food. I prefer English food like Pizza or Chinese.' :eek:

Vardy is also responsible for "Chat shít, get banged", so I wouldn't put too much stock into what he says :P

"Ach, not the Dutch again. You are all assholes anyway and Adolf should have gotten rid of you."
Lothar Mattaus after being cornered by a Dutch TV camera crew at Bayern Munich's training ground in 1994.

:eek:

padd b1975

"A little bit of the hand of God, a little bit of the head of Maradona".

Boskowski

[Deleted User] wrote: »

"Ach, not the Dutch again. You are all assholes anyway and Adolf should have gotten rid of you."
Lothar Mattaus after being cornered by a Dutch TV camera crew at Bayern Munich's training ground in 1994.

:eek:

Seriously. I'm asking cos I'm sure that would have made waves I would have heard about no?

pudzey101

Zlatan being asked by a reporter about he sexuality
“Come over to my house with your sister, and I’ll show you who’s gay!

major bill

''It was like living in a Different Country''


Ian Rush on about his time in Italy :pac:

gosplan

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

"Football is not a matter of life and death... it's much more important than that." - Shankly.

It's thrown around a lot but I really never liked that quote at all.

Pacing Mule

"'Lord Nelson! Lord Beaverbrook! Sir Winston Churchill! Sir Anthony Eden! Clement Attlee! Henry Cooper! Lady Diana! Maggie Thatcher - can you hear me, Maggie Thatcher! Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!"

https://youtu.be/PqZTP8-8wIs

gosplan

"He's out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent."

Wenger on Jose

Zebra3

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Clough... I wouldn't say Im the world's best manager but I'm definetly in the top 1...
On disagreements with players .... we discuss the issue for about 20 minutes and then we decide I was right

Far better was his "Rome wasn't built in a day, but then again I wasn't on that particular job". :pac:

razorblunt

"There's the corner flag" Jamie Redknapp

Muff_Daddy

Would you consider yourself a volatile player, David?


Well, I can play in the centre and the right, and occasionally on the left.

wonga77

Love the quotes from Ibrahimovic, theres so many that its hard to say how true they all are but some are top quality

How to shake off Stephane Henchoz:
"First I went left, he did too. Then I went right, and he did too. Then I went left again, and he went to buy a hot dog.”

Reporter: “You’ve got some scars on your face, Zlatan. What has happened?”
Zlatan: “Well…I don’t know…you’ll have to ask your wife about that”

After being criticised by John Carew:
“What Carew does with a football, I can do with an orange.”

Mr.Nice Guy

Thread needs more Roy Keane...

“My first game [for Celtic] was Clyde, away, in the third round of the Scottish Cup. We were beaten 2-1. It was a nightmare. I wasn’t happy with my own game. I did OK, but OK wasn’t good enough. After the game – the disappointment. As I was taking my jersey off, I noticed the Nike tag was still on it. When I got on the bus John Hartson, a really good guy, was already sitting there and he was eating a packet of crisps – with a fizzy drink. I said to myself: ‘Welcome to Hell.’”


“It might seem strange but you find out about characters when you look to see who’s in charge of the music. A young lad might want to put on the latest sound; an older player might say: ‘I’m the senior player’ and put himself in charge. But I noticed none of the players [at Sunderland] were in charge of the music and this was a concern for me. A member of staff was in charge. I was looking at him thinking: ‘I hope someone nails him here.’ The last song before the players went on to the pitch was ‘Dancing Queen’ by Abba. What really worried me was that none of the players – not one – said: ‘Get that sh*t off.’ They were going out to play a match, men versus men, testosterone levels were high. You’ve got to hit people at pace. F*ckin’ ‘Dancing Queen.’ It worried me. I didn’t have as many leaders as I thought.”


“I rang Mark Hughes. Robbie [Savage] wasn’t in the Blackburn team and I asked Mark if we could try to arrange a deal. Sparky said: ‘Yeah, yeah, he’s lost his way here but he could still do a job for you.’ Robbie’s legs were going a bit but I thought he might come up to us [at Sunderland], with his long hair, and give us a lift – the way Yorkie [Dwight Yorke] had, a big personality in the dressing room. Sparky gave me permission to give him a call. So I got Robbie’s mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: ‘Hi, it’s Robbie – whazzup!’ like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: ‘I can’t be f*cking signing that.’”



I also love this one involving a United team talk by Alex Ferguson ahead of a match with Spurs...


/enters room

'Lads, it's Tottenham.'

/leaves room

ERG89

Roy Keane after his Celtic debut defeat to Clyde.
"When I got on the bus John Hartson, a really good guy, was already sitting there and he was eating a packet of crisps – with a fizzy drink. I said to myself: ‘Welcome to Hell' "

Zlatan after a game vs Marseille:
"Normally we play with four defenders," Zlatan explained, "but I think today we played with five: our four and Gignac. He played like a central defender today."

Ferris_Bueller

BOHtox

gosplan wrote: »

It's thrown around a lot but I really never liked that quote at all.

It's always misquoted as well. He didn't even say it like that

Jesus Wept

'Typical Germans'
Alex Ferguson.

KaiserGunner

"Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season." Arsene Wenger before the 2002/2003 season. Happened a year later than he thought.

“The problem with Marotta is he’s playing pool with one eye and counting points with the other.”

Lazio president Lotito on Juventus director Marotta

Chrissybhoy

Craig Bellamy arrives at Glasgow airport with Man City. Rangers supporter asks him to sign rangers jersey. " I'm not signing that not a chance "

monkey9

"To Gerrrrarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrddd" "Oh you beautyyyyy. What a hit, son. What. A. Hit."

eagle eye

gosplan wrote: »

It's thrown around a lot but I really never liked that quote at all.

What's great about that quote is that it's an insight into the mind of a man that wants to win no matter how many times he has won before. I'm sure if you asked Alex Ferguson, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Bob Paisley or Brian Clough that they'd all agree with that statement.

You have to have that mind to be successful for as long as those guys were.

K-9

eagle eye wrote: »

What's great about that quote is that it's an insight into the mind of a man that wants to win no matter how many times he has won before. I'm sure if you asked Alex Ferguson, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Bob Paisley or Brian Clough that they'd all agree with that statement.

You have to have that mind to be successful for as long as those guys were.

A lot of it was mind with Shankley, as well as the others you mention.

My favourite:
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

Paisley was a lot quieter and had phenomenal success, but sharp witted. This one is still apt today:

Liverpool faced Crusaders on their way to the European Cup final in Rome in 1977
"I remember the Ulstermen packing their penalty area at Anfield and making it extremely difficult for us to find the space to create chances. One of their players lost a contact lens during the game and I told him, 'There's only one place it will be - in the penalty area!"

callaway92

TheDoctor wrote: »

Another recent one from Michael

"When they don't score, they hardly ever win"

He's right.

Man City's defence is so bad that they need to score a load of goals. 1-0/2-0 wins for them are rare.

Dirty Dingus McGee

eagle eye wrote: »

What's great about that quote is that it's an insight into the mind of a man that wants to win no matter how many times he has won before. I'm sure if you asked Alex Ferguson, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Bob Paisley or Brian Clough that they'd all agree with that statement.

You have to have that mind to be successful for as long as those guys were.

In my opinion that quote is fairly trite and has zero wit and therefore fails as a great quote.

grenache

A few more gems from Cloughie....


"The ugliest player I ever signed was Kenny Burns."

"The River Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years."

When Martin O’Neill asked why he’d been dropped: "Because you’re too good for the first team."

On Forest midfielder Brian Rice: "I’m not saying he’s pale and thin, but the maid in our hotel room pulled back the sheets and remade the bed without realising he was still in it."

"Beckham? His wife can’t sing and his barber can’t cut hair."

To the Forest physio after Stuart Pearce suffered concussion and wasn't sure of himself: "Tell him he’s Pele and that he’s playing up front for the last 10 minutes".

On Roy Keane: "I only ever hit Roy the once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard."

"If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well."

"If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there"

tim_holsters

major bill wrote: »

''It was like living in a Different Country''


Ian Rush on about his time in Italy :pac:

Pretty sure Rush never actually said that.

DerekDGoldfish

Think it was also attributed to Luther Blisset and something about how it doesn't matter how much they are paying you when you cant buy Cornflakes in the supermarket its not worth it.

I don't really believe them but then its important not to let the truth get in the way of a good story now and again.

grenache

grenache wrote: »

A few more gems from Cloughie....


"The ugliest player I ever signed was Kenny Burns."

"The River Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years."

When Martin O’Neill asked why he’d been dropped: "Because you’re too good for the first team."

On Forest midfielder Brian Rice: "I’m not saying he’s pale and thin, but the maid in our hotel room pulled back the sheets and remade the bed without realising he was still in it."

"Beckham? His wife can’t sing and his barber can’t cut hair."

To the Forest physio after Stuart Pearce suffered concussion and wasn't sure of himself: "Tell him he’s Pele and that he’s playing up front for the last 10 minutes".

On Roy Keane: "I only ever hit Roy the once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard."

"If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well."

"If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there"

Pretty sure the "tell him he's Pele" one was a Partick Thistle manager, John Lambie. At least back in the 80s it was attributed to Lambie.

And almost every single one of the Zlatan quotes are made up. I thought he had a good line about a year or 2 ago...but turned out it was made up too!

gosplan

eagle eye wrote: »

What's great about that quote is that it's an insight into the mind of a man that wants to win no matter how many times he has won before. I'm sure if you asked Alex Ferguson, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Bob Paisley or Brian Clough that they'd all agree with that statement.

You have to have that mind to be successful for as long as those guys were.

Nah, it's just a throwaway comment that's clearly untrue.

'Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing'

Now that makes sense in they way you describe.

But 'football more important than life or death'

That's just incorrect and none of those people would agree. I mean the tragedy of Hillsborough was not that the game was called off.

It's an utterly stupid statement that people throw around without thinking about at all.

Speak Now

"There's only one person gets you sacked and that's the fans."

Paul Merson of course.

jamesbere

Reporter: "No yellow cards today..."
McCarthy: "No and I asked all the lads to go out there and knock seven bells out of everybody as well like I normally do. Shame that isn't it? They went out there and played free-flowing football and were rampant for 45 minutes. What were they playing at?"