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> [I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/i-hear-people-saying-the-way-the-game-should-be-played-rubbish-that-s/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

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## More by Alan Hansen

> [People say I'm bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I'm a bad driver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/people-say-i-m-bad-at-a-lot-of-things-one-i-agree-with-is-that-i-m-a/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/i-wouldn-t-say-they-re-neglected-but-everybody-is-going-to-grow-old/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/it-s-incredible-considering-the-public-perception-that-he-was-tight/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/everybody-likes-brazil-and-we-want-the-brazilians-to-come-out/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/i-only-started-concentrating-on-football-as-a-career-when-i-left/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/the-pressures-are-intense-because-the-rewards-for-success-and-the/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/what-i-always-do-is-just-look-at-the-players-look-at-the-best-11-they/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/i-think-when-people-talk-about-ambition-and-talking-to-him-it-might/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/manchester-city-have-been-in-the-doldrums-for-a-while-they-came-up/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/i-think-if-tottenham-are-going-to-be-top-four-side-the-fans-and-the/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/live-television-is-always-stressful-and-the-more-you-do-it-the-more/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/the-italians-are-very-strong-defensively-they-showed-in-euro-2000-how/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/the-boy-can-do-anything-but-to-be-the-star-of-the-world-cup-you-have/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [I was born in a mining village, and you either played football or played football. If you didn't play, there was something wrong with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/i-was-born-in-a-mining-village-and-you-either-played-football-or/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

> [When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hansen/when-george-graham-was-there-they-complained-harking-back-to-better/)

[Alan Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hansen/)

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