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Football Quotes by Steve Bruce

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Steve Bruce calls some players fantastic talents and talks about respecting coaches like Mauricio Pochettino. He admits relegation leaves a stain on a résumé, but says you must live with it and try to bounce back. He also shares how proud he feels being a Newcastle lad and becoming the club’s head coach.

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Any Englishman would be extremely proud to be the England manager.

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I'm a Newcastle lad, so to be manager is every Geordie's dream.

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I am a Newcastle fan like everyone knows.

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They've kicked our backsides, we've got to lick our wounds...

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It's very difficult to win a title.

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I remember going 14 games at Man U without winning.

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When you're taking on a Sean Dyche team, you know what's coming.

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I have not got a CV like Rafa, few do.

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I've been fortunate enough to win the FA Cup as a player but it's taken me 15 years as a manager to…

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I was just too young to retire as a 52-year-old. I didn't want to be going out of football after loving it…

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I don't think you can manage 400 games in the Premier League, 550 in the Championship, play 980 times and not be…

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If Mauricio Pochettino can get the sack, then we all can because he did a wonderful job at Tottenham.

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You lose a game and you lose confidence and we get that back through hard work.

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I'm delighted and incredibly proud to be appointed as head coach of Newcastle United.

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That's what the Premier League is, that will never change. There will be periods when you're up and down.

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The only way you can respond to anything in football is through results.

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The Hull job had been offered to me and while watching Chelsea against Bayern Munich I was thinking: 'I'm going to give…

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When I got the sack from Huddersfield it hurt me badly. I became reclusive, I never went to a match, don't think…

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I never thought I'd be in a position like I was at Aston Villa where people weren't going to get paid on…

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Your boyhood club, the one you've supported, the one result that you look for more than anybody else because of my upbringing,…

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I don't think I was a control freak. I just couldn't get my head around things. When I joined Sheffield United I…

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Stats can do anything you wish. When we got the sack at Aston Villa it came out there had only been Man…

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If our players start to see coaching as a dead end, where is the next Ferguson, the next Clough or Shankly? It's…

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I saw my mates go off to get apprenticeships on the shipyards and I went off to chase the dream of playing…

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There was never any question about Scholesy's quality as a footballer. He was known as the little ginger magician in the youth…

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My record is good with Birmingham and Wigan. Just study the facts.

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If you manage Newcastle, you have to deal with the consequences.

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I've said it for a long time that Aston Villa is a special club.

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I've got the utmost respect for Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham.

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Man-management far outweighs sports science.

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Jurgen Klopp coming into this country, you just have to applaud him for his tactics and the way Liverpool play.

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At Sunderland I balanced the books and managed them to this position of 10th and 13th. My record stacks up.

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In the dressing room there is nothing better than when a good player walks through the door and the guys say 'I'm…

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Not many managers have been in charge for as many games as I have, that should tell you something.

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The one thing that's easy to do is go and sign players. What you've got to try and do is try and…

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In football, you can never say anything is certain. The benchmark is 38-40 points. That has always been the case. That will…

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No disrespect to the country. It's a wonderful place, the... where's he gone again?

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Coming to manage Newcastle was never going to be easy. But there was never a side to me that thought, 'Oh no,…

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I want to entertain, I want Newcastle United that is the best it can possibly be.

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For any Geordie, if you can't manage to play for Newcastle, then to get back and manage them it's something special.

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I've been fortunate enough to have some big games as both a player and a manager.

He’s a fantastic talent and the complete footballer, probably the most coveted in the Premiership. It’s a privilege for the rest of us to…

I have not got a CV like Rafa, few do.

When I was younger, I was a bit awkward to work for, hence why I had about five clubs in two years. I was…

I've got the utmost respect for Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham.

From a playing or managing point of view relegation is a blot on your CV that you don't want, but you have to live…

You have to be as truthful as you possibly can. That's always been my philosophy.

I accept I am not everyone's cup of tea, but judge me over a period of time.

Alan Shearer is a friend of mine and he is entitled to his opinions.

You do get labelled in the game, and that's why I enjoyed my time managing in the Championship. I'd back myself against most people…

I'm delighted and incredibly proud to be appointed as head coach of Newcastle United.

Management, whether you're managing in the lower division or you're right at the top, is about getting the best out of what you've got.

I'm a Newcastle lad, so to be manager is every Geordie's dream.

I'm always sad to see a manager go.

I've said it for a long time that Aston Villa is a special club.