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Football Quotes by Steve Nicol

53 Football quotes by Steve Nicol

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Steve Nicol’s 53 excerpts span decades of football wisdom, touching on leadership, resilience, and the subtle tactics that win games. He shares moments from the locker room to the final whistle, each line echoing a seasoned professional’s respect for the sport’s grit and grace.

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Having the Kraft family involved in your club can only be good news.

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Football is like this, from time to time things don't work out.

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As a Liverpool supporter, all you want is for them to be successful.

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You need players who can pass the ball and players who want to do it.

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Players when they're linked with Real Madrid, their eyes light up.

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If the guys up front don't get possession, they can't score.

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When it comes to Real Madrid, anything's possible.

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It is hard to win away from home in MLS.

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Preseason, you generally just want to make sure people work hard, do the basics right.

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I left Liverpool during the 1993-94 season to join Notts County as a player-coach under Howard Kendall.

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Be prepared for every eventuality, both at Liverpool Football Club and in life.

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The game is all about doing the basics well, then you've got a chance.

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If you've got Godin and Chiellini as your centre-backs, then you can have more attacking full-backs, as opposed to defensive ones.

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During my first eight years at the Revs we drafted really well, but I got very little from the last two drafts…

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Things change so quickly in football so I never rule anything in and never rule anything out.

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When we were winning the League, United always raised their game when they played us.

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When you're a head coach there's never a minute of the day when you're not thinking about your team. But when things…

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Let me tell you, when you play for a team that has the teammates and fans that Liverpool have then you always…

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We had something over Everton in those games during the Eighties. We knew it and they did too. It was a huge…

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It's about creating an environment where they give their all and do their best. If you have 11 players doing that at…

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Obviously, if you go to any football club in the world, you're going to get guys taking the mickey out of one…

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I came to New England Revolution as an assistant in 2000 and I took over the hot-seat a couple of months into…

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I'm proud of my record at the Revs - 299 games, 110 wins, 108 draws, 81 losses - but even if I…

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As great as Sadio Mane is, John Barnes is one of the best players I have ever played with - and I've…

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When Jose Mourinho went to Real Madrid many moons ago, he no question was the man, but he turned them into a…

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Two of my most important signings were made at the beginning of 2004. I took 20-year-old Clint Dempsey with the eighth pick…

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Unless you've been in the job as a head coach, and certainly at the Premier League level and elite level, it's stressful.…

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When I'm talking about a football brain, the very first time the ball's kicked in the air and Lukaku completely outjump's you…

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Sometimes you just need bodies in the squad.

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Mourinho is a bit arrogant, but you've got to like him.

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Winning covers a lot of bad things.

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Oh it kills me to see Liverpool lose.

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Everyone has talent; it's finding a player who fits in, who's better than what we have.

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If you sign nine new players at one time that could destroy the whole chemistry of the team.

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Everyone in sport loves winning - that's why we get involved - but there are different ways to win.

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A successful team, at the very least they do the basics well, and then they add their own quality on top of…

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Man United under Fergie were about winning Champions League titles and winning Premier League titles.

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Nobody thought Real Madrid could win three Champions Leagues on the trot, and they've done it.

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You have to have your feet in the right position to make a pass, a lot of small things go into making…

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I've no idea if I'll manage in the Premier League. It's easy to say I will but you don't know.

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Mourinho is a bit arrogant, but you've got to like him.

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Players when they're linked with Real Madrid, their eyes light up.

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When you're a head coach there's never a minute of the day when you're not thinking about your team. But when things aren't going…

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I just try and do my best every day of the week, and not look too far ahead. It's the old Liverpool style -…

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A successful team, at the very least they do the basics well, and then they add their own quality on top of that.

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Most players want to follow a pattern, especially when they're doing well, and when it goes wrong, they start looking for other patterns to…

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Everyone wants more money, but if the motivation is money it's not going to work, if that's the only thing you want.

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My best season at New England was probably my first in charge. We reached the final of the Major League Soccer Cup in 2002,…

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Not everybody is like Bobby Robson, going on forever.

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Unless you've been in the job as a head coach, and certainly at the Premier League level and elite level, it's stressful. You're responsible…

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Man United under Fergie were about winning Champions League titles and winning Premier League titles.

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I came to New England Revolution as an assistant in 2000 and I took over the hot-seat a couple of months into that season.…

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Playing for Boston Bulldogs in front of 700 to 800 fans was obviously different from playing for Liverpool in front of the Kop and 40,000 passionate Reds.

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If you've got Godin and Chiellini as your centre-backs, then you can have more attacking full-backs, as opposed to defensive ones.

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I've no idea if I'll manage in the Premier League. It's easy to say I will but you don't know.

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