Quotes About Football

It is not true that Sarri did not defend, indeed all of his work starts from there. But it's a different way to defend, in a much more advanced area of the pitch.

Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.

I don't differentiate between racism in football to racism in life so, therefore, as a football manager I knew that I would get racist abuse.

I believe that I've got a unique knowledge and understanding of this game, and I'm able to see it differently than a lot of people.

That's the difficulty with free-kicks, as you get one, maybe two, and that's why it's tough. You have to score.

I lived and breathed football. Now I have difficulty walking because of that: because I gave much more than I actually had to give.

We are at a massive club here at Manchester United and if things aren't going as well as they should be then there is always going to be people wanting to have a dig and a pop at you.

In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had a lot of experience watching it.

I like to win my challenge. That's English football as well, but I am not a dirty player.

For Leeds, we have a history of being 'dirty Leeds' and we actually channel that. We want to play great football and we are doing that but we also need to fight every time we go on to the pitch.

If all you ever play with a cornerback in there is man to man, it is a disadvantage.

Guardiola disappointed me - he did not treat me with respect. He did not let me become the top scorer in the Bundesliga. For me things were twice as good when Jupp Heynckes was in charge.

I need to spend some time at a club, but I also need to enjoy my football to play my best. I didn't lose my enjoyment at Inter. Sometimes I was disappointed, because every player wants to play, but I always did my best for Inter.

When you lose a game you still get as disappointed, 24 years on. Losing a game of football, even when you have played well, kills you.

Being in the best league in the world you are expected to score goals. I am disappointed when that doesn't happen but that is not to say I'm not working on it and trying to improve every day.

I've been in and around football all my life, but I've never been good at it, which I think my dad was very disappointed by.

With Barca, we won the Champions League after many years of disappointment, and the fans went delirious.

To not play in the Champions League is a disappointment, something negative.

My door is open 24 hours. We can discuss things - I don't think I'm a magician or the only guy who knows anything about football.

I don't really understand what 'Galacticos' is supposed to mean. It's a term I dislike. I like football, pure and simple, and that concept isn't part of football. It's something else entirely.

In the Big Ten, we disliked the SEC because of the success they had.

Does it help Dutch teams in the Champions League because they don't have to be at it in the league? I think it does. I experienced the disparity.

No disrespect to Cardiff but they probably needed me more than I needed them, when I was appointed.

I was certainly no Maradona. I was a very fast player. When I saw a space, I used it. When I went past somebody, he didn't catch up with me again. I was a player who came with a run-up. What Maradona could see in a small space, I saw over long distances.