--- title: "8 Club Quotes By Robbie Savage" description: "8 Club quotes by Robbie Savage. Plus more from Robbie Savage and more Club sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/robbie-savage-4619_club_but-helping-to-raise-a-football-club-fro_189484.png" --- > [But helping to raise a football club from the ashes, and running it as director of football operations, is the hardest thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/but-helping-to-raise-a-football-club-from-the-ashes-and-running-it-as/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/robbie-savage-4619_club_but-helping-to-raise-a-football-club-fro_189484.png) > [The club is always bigger than the individual, and employers can make a player's life miserable if they want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/the-club-is-always-bigger-than-the-individual-and-employers-can-make/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/robbie-savage-4619_always_the-club-is-always-bigger-than-the-indiv_404154.png) > [When my business partner Rob Smethurst rang me up and said he wanted to rebuild the club as Macclesfield FC, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/when-my-business-partner-rob-smethurst-rang-me-up-and-said-he-wanted/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/robbie-savage-4619_business_when-my-business-partner-rob-smethurst-r_556725.png) > [And I know the risks of changing captaincy midway through a season. At Derby, it was a great compliment when Paul Jewell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/and-i-know-the-risks-of-changing-captaincy-midway-through-a-season-at/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/robbie-savage-4619_captain_and-i-know-the-risks-of-changing-captain_800147.jpg) > [Every club has its scapegoats, but some are easier targets than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/every-club-has-its-scapegoats-but-some-are-easier-targets-than-others/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/robbie-savage-4619_club_every-club-has-its-scapegoats-but-some-a_832362.png) > [Wading into a sell-out 3,500 crowd to separate hooligans throwing punches is not what I expected as director of football at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/wading-into-a-sell-out-3-500-crowd-to-separate-hooligans-throwing/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/robbie-savage-4619_club_wading-into-a-sell-out-3-500-crowd-to-se_1770103.png) > [With respect to the super-rich Saudis taking over at Newcastle, they are likely to bring success to a famous football club by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/with-respect-to-the-super-rich-saudis-taking-over-at-newcastle-they/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/robbie-savage-4619_club_with-respect-to-the-super-rich-saudis-ta_2846510.jpg) > [A club steeped in nearly 150 years of history is worth more to the local community than any amount of money can express.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/a-club-steeped-in-nearly-150-years-of-history-is-worth-more-to-the/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/robbie-savage-4619_club_a-club-steeped-in-nearly-150-years-of-hi_2985144.png) ## Other authors on Club ## More by Robbie Savage > [Some of the things I've done, like getting Justin Edinburgh sent off in the cup final by going down, I'm embarrassed - I cringe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/some-of-the-things-i-ve-done-like-getting-justin-edinburgh-sent-off/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [Sin bins are the way forward if we want to turn the tide on discipline in football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/sin-bins-are-the-way-forward-if-we-want-to-turn-the-tide-on/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [The more expensive your house, the more your insurance will cost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/the-more-expensive-your-house-the-more-your-insurance-will-cost/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [We cannot have Derby County going the same way as Macclesfield and Bury. That would be a stain on English football. It simply cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/we-cannot-have-derby-county-going-the-same-way-as-macclesfield-and/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [I love it, I love the coaching - at 15 they listen, they learn and take things on board and if they don't there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/i-love-it-i-love-the-coaching-at-15-they-listen-they-learn-and-take/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [But helping to raise a football club from the ashes, and running it as director of football operations, is the hardest thing I've ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/but-helping-to-raise-a-football-club-from-the-ashes-and-running-it-as/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [As a player, I was a pantomime villain and I had my limitations. But I was also good enough to captain four Premier League…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/as-a-player-i-was-a-pantomime-villain-and-i-had-my-limitations-but-i/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [You only realise when you have children of your own how much your parents do for you. My dad, Colin, would get off work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/you-only-realise-when-you-have-children-of-your-own-how-much-your/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [If wildly variable refereeing standards not yet a crisis, we are reaching a tipping point. And it may take more than the dawn of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/if-wildly-variable-refereeing-standards-not-yet-a-crisis-we-are/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [He needs to get a hard slap of reality in the face every once in a while. He has an arrogant side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/he-needs-to-get-a-hard-slap-of-reality-in-the-face-every-once-in-a/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [And a bit of discipline never did 14-year-olds any harm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/and-a-bit-of-discipline-never-did-14-year-olds-any-harm/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [When I see Wales qualifying for the Euros and Leicester top of the league, I wish I was still playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/when-i-see-wales-qualifying-for-the-euros-and-leicester-top-of-the/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [The club is always bigger than the individual, and employers can make a player's life miserable if they want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/the-club-is-always-bigger-than-the-individual-and-employers-can-make/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [ If he \[Toshack\] thinks there is lots of young Welsh talent coming through, then good luck to him. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/if-he-toshack-thinks-there-is-lots-of-young-welsh-talent-coming/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) > [I dont regret for one minute that I only won one trophy because again, to play at Wembley and lift the trophy, how many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-savage/i-dont-regret-for-one-minute-that-i-only-won-one-trophy-because-again/) [Robbie Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-savage/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/club/robbie-savage/#itemlist", "name": "8 Club Quotes By Robbie Savage", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But helping to raise a football 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