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Til citat...
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson:
"The world has changed and so have players' attitudes. I'm dealing with more fragile human beings than I used to be. They are cocooned by modern parents, agents, even their own image at times. They need to be seen with their tattoos and ear-rings. Some players even cry now in the dressing room - Bryan Robson never used to cry."
Han sagde også: "It’s all about team spirit. In a match, I only need eight of my players to be on top form. If the other three aren’t up to it, it’s not serious. The other eight do the work for them. There has only been six matches where I’ve had all 11 players perform at their very best. It’s like swallows. They always fly together in a group, in a V formation, and those at the front do the majority of the work. And they alternate regularly. If one swallow flies out of formation, two others go to get him and bring him back into the group. It’s the same in my teams – sacrifice, friendship and the giving of oneself to the team.”
Den tidl. amerikanske stjernespiller Mia Hamm:
"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team. I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion."
Hun sagde også: "Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."
...og: "The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything."
Tidl. Tottenham manager Bill Nicholson:
"If you don't have to drag yourself off the field exhausted after 90 minutes, you can't claim to have done your best."
Han sagde også: "Any player coming to Spurs whether he's a big signing or just a ground staff boy must be dedicated to the game and to the club. He must be prepared to work at his game. He must never be satisfied with his last performance, and he must hate losing."
...og: "It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low. And we of Spurs have set our sights very high, so high in fact that even failure will have in it an echo of glory."
...samt om nødvendigheden af, at spillerne bevæger sig uden bold: "If you're not in possession, get in position."
Tidl. Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan:
...om linjedommer: "His job tonight was to try and be fair to both sides but every time something happened in that corner - and there were quite a few incidents there - it was as if he had arthritis in one of his arms, and he could only point the flag in one direction!"
Træner og tidl. landskampkommentator Troels Bech:
...om landsholdsdebutant: "I Superligaen er Johnny Thomsen en hurtig spiller. Det her er ikke superligaen..."
De historiske...
Tidl. Liverpool manager Bill Shankly:
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Han sagde også: "If you are first, you are first. If you are second, you are nothing."
Tidl. engelsk landsholdsspiller Bobby Charlton:
"Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence."
...og så de andre
Forfatter Nick Hornby:
"I fell in love with football as I would later fall in love with women: suddenly, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain it would bring."
Adfærdsforsker Desmond Morris:
"The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past."
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