Football Quotes by Bruce Grobbelaar

Jurgen Klopp is Shankly reincarnated in a German body, because he gets the people.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I dream of going to coach in Europe and England once I have done my apprenticeship here in Africa.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Mohamed Salah, well if you go to Egypt he is a god there.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

You know, the one thing you never lose as a sportsman is your competitiveness.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I'll argue with the owners all day long when they do not allow the players to get the best.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

If you can make the players better, that's what I'm about.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

If players' hearts aren't in it, they can jump in the Mersey as far as I'm concerned.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Jurgen Klopp was very astute in seeing Keita's ability and potential to develop.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

People think that because I was at Liverpool for such a long time - in a period where the club was very…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I'm happy to be alive and to play any sport and, really, I wouldn't mind working for a living and playing at…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I mentioned that Mignolet is bad at coming for crosses and as soon as that went into the newspapers, he got better.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Ray Clemence was the best in the world at having nothing to do for 89 minutes and then in the 90th minute…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I have been called a clown in football - but if I don't go onto the field with a laugh and smile,…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Losing a game is not a tragedy after experiencing border raids and having to eat beetles because you are out of rations.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

When I used to play, the manager would tell us that you are as good as your last performance. That made all…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

With Keita, he will hunt you down, get the ball, then 'either get in the box and score or he has the…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I've always said Reina has the best distribution out of the continental 'keepers. His kicking out and throwing is absolutely superb. He…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Alisson is undoubtedly one of the best goalkeepers in the world and he deserves to be put on that pedestal. Him and…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I enjoyed 13 successful seasons at Anfield, becoming the most decorated goalkeeper in league history. But I believe the match-fixing scandal arose…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

The biggest memory I have is the 1984 European Cup final against Roma and my 'spaghetti legs' routine during the penalty shoot-out…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Liverpool is a family, it is not a club, you don't come in and out of this club without it leaving a…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Petr Cech is one of the finest goalkeepers I have seen and he has proved that in the Premier League.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Roma must have been mad to sell Mo Salah. Either that or they really needed the money.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I will never apologise for laughing at life and enjoying football.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

An injured Gerrard is still better than many fully-fit players.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Governments cannot interfere in football matters - Fifa suspends countries for that.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I've seen a life many, many footballers had never seen.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I played behind Phil Thompson and Alan Hansen, and they were both brilliant centre-halves.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

You can't put your arm around the referee! That's ungentlemanly conduct.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

For Premier League games, you get people coming from all over, paying big money to get into the games as part of…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Since myself and a few others like Pepe Reina, we haven't had a goalkeeper who has commanded his area as well as…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Over the years, I am very lucky that I didn't submerge into a form of depression, because football saved my life really.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley signed me from Crewe in 1981. We were the champions in my first season and I went on…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

There was a tradition of keepers at Anfield to play as a sweeper, going back to Tommy Lawrence under Bill Shankly.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

If you asked all the goalkeepers in my era, they will tell you that they were worth a lot more than the…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Liverpool had African players from the '50s and '60s. There were goalkeepers in the early days from South Africa. Then in 1981…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

If Alisson stays at Liverpool long enough he could break all the records that myself and Ray Clemence achieved.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

You can't worry about the game you've just played, because you can't do anything about it. And the next time you go…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Any goalkeeper that's going to play for Liverpool is going to be looked at and scrutinised - every shot, everything about it…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

If a goalkeeper can save you 15-20 points a season, his value is high. It's like a striker scoring 20 goals a season.

— Bruce Grobbelaar