I'm dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
I'm sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd, because that's exactly what I would have done. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
I was never, ever physically afraid. My terms of reference were basic and simple: put the ball in the net. That was my job,… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right! — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
I gave my players a version of the same message at ten-to-three every Saturday: 'I would shoot my granny right now for three points… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
You don't want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
If any one of my players isn’t interfering with play, they’re not getting paid. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Bill eventually became Mr Tottenham Hotspur, and produced such a dazzling team at White Hart Lane that they won the double and played the… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
The RAF allowed me to play a lot of football, but like England later, they failed to recognise real talent when it was under… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
