Footballer Quotes by Tommy Docherty

I've always said there's a place for the press but they haven't dug it yet.

— Tommy Docherty

“When one door closes, another slams shut in your face.”

— Tommy Docherty

You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.

— Tommy Docherty

Players taught to watch the man with the ball leaves them totally unprepared for the next move, which is always dictated by a player…

— Tommy Docherty

Somebody compared him to Billy McNeil, but I don't remember Billy being crap.

— Tommy Docherty

If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.

— Tommy Docherty

There's a hell of a lot of politics in football.

— Tommy Docherty

Cricket is the only game that you can actually put on weight when playing.

— Tommy Docherty