--- title: "11 Good Quotes By Tony Pulis" description: "11 Good quotes by Tony Pulis. Plus more from Tony Pulis and more Good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/tony-pulis-5053_actually_that-s-what-all-the-good-players-do-they_1594501.png" --- > [That's what all the good players do. They actually go out and perform on the pitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/that-s-what-all-the-good-players-do-they-actually-go-out-and-perform/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/tony-pulis-5053_actually_that-s-what-all-the-good-players-do-they_1594501.png) > [There are loads of good principles we've lost as a nation. Discipline. Organisation. Respect. I was brought up with those.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/there-are-loads-of-good-principles-we-ve-lost-as-a-nation-discipline/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/tony-pulis-5053_discipline_there-are-loads-of-good-principles-we-ve_1813025.png) > [It's no good me talking about my future. I don't determine my future, other people do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/it-s-no-good-me-talking-about-my-future-i-don-t-determine-my-future/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/tony-pulis-5053_determine_it-s-no-good-me-talking-about-my-future_1221099.png) > [I hope Darren Moore is a good manager, when he was my captain at Portsmouth, he could lead battleships out of water,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-hope-darren-moore-is-a-good-manager-when-he-was-my-captain-at/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/tony-pulis-5053_captain_i-hope-darren-moore-is-a-good-manager-wh_343258.png) > [I accept that in life and football you have good times and bad, and it's how you deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-accept-that-in-life-and-football-you-have-good-times-and-bad-and-it/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/tony-pulis-5053_accept_i-accept-that-in-life-and-football-you-h_524147.png) > [Referees will make good decisions and bad ones. But when they make decisions actually affecting a game of football, it's disappointing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/referees-will-make-good-decisions-and-bad-ones-but-when-they-make/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/tony-pulis-5053_bad_referees-will-make-good-decisions-and-ba_282882.png) > [I still believe in a lot of good old-fashioned values, and I do think anyone will ever change me in that respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-still-believe-in-a-lot-of-good-old-fashioned-values-and-i-do-think/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/tony-pulis-5053_believe_i-still-believe-in-a-lot-of-good-old-fas_1504992.png) > [The important thing is not just getting good players in, but getting good characters and the right types of player in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/the-important-thing-is-not-just-getting-good-players-in-but-getting/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/tony-pulis-5053_football_the-important-thing-is-not-just-getting_2601529.png) > [We know you have good runs and bad runs. The big thing you learn in the Premiership is you have to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/we-know-you-have-good-runs-and-bad-runs-the-big-thing-you-learn-in/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/tony-pulis-5053_bad_we-know-you-have-good-runs-and-bad-runs_756673.jpg) > [That's management. It's a social job as much as anything else, finding out what people are like, seeing through them. There have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/that-s-management-it-s-a-social-job-as-much-as-anything-else-finding/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/tony-pulis-5053_character_that-s-management-it-s-a-social-job-as-m_433752.png) > [Social media is good in some ways, for me to Skype my son and grandchildren every day in America is wonderful. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/social-media-is-good-in-some-ways-for-me-to-skype-my-son-and/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/tony-pulis-5053_change_social-media-is-good-in-some-ways-for-me_555557.jpg) ## Other authors on Good ## More by Tony Pulis > [You have different characters in the dressing room. If you have a go at someone, someone might answer back, other people will take it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/you-have-different-characters-in-the-dressing-room-if-you-have-a-go/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [Players live a different life. They've been blessed. They live in a bubble and they live in a world where they get everything really.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/players-live-a-different-life-they-ve-been-blessed-they-live-in-a/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [I've been happy at all the clubs I've been at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-ve-been-happy-at-all-the-clubs-i-ve-been-at/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [I find rowing very boring, I've got to be honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-find-rowing-very-boring-i-ve-got-to-be-honest/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [When you lose a game you still get as disappointed, 24 years on. Losing a game of football, even when you have played well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/when-you-lose-a-game-you-still-get-as-disappointed-24-years-on-losing/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [I've actually carried the Olympic torch through Stoke-on-Trent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-ve-actually-carried-the-olympic-torch-through-stoke-on-trent/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [Referees will make good decisions and bad ones. But when they make decisions actually affecting a game of football, it's disappointing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/referees-will-make-good-decisions-and-bad-ones-but-when-they-make/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [If you're hiring a manager for two to three years, you need to get it right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/if-you-re-hiring-a-manager-for-two-to-three-years-you-need-to-get-it/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [People talk about me being a firefighter, but I have also been very successful. It annoys me that in this country you get pigeon-holed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/people-talk-about-me-being-a-firefighter-but-i-have-also-been-very/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [I hope Darren Moore is a good manager, when he was my captain at Portsmouth, he could lead battleships out of water, he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-hope-darren-moore-is-a-good-manager-when-he-was-my-captain-at/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [I'm amazed to find those countries are in Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-m-amazed-to-find-those-countries-are-in-europe/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [That's management. It's a social job as much as anything else, finding out what people are like, seeing through them. There have been good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/that-s-management-it-s-a-social-job-as-much-as-anything-else-finding/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [I've always been bloody single minded, which is probably why I've been in the game so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-ve-always-been-bloody-single-minded-which-is-probably-why-i-ve-been/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [What people don't talk about is I've been promoted out of every division and been to the final of an FA Cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/what-people-don-t-talk-about-is-i-ve-been-promoted-out-of-every/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) > [I accept that in life and football you have good times and bad, and it's how you deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/i-accept-that-in-life-and-football-you-have-good-times-and-bad-and-it/) [Tony Pulis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-pulis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/tony-pulis/#itemlist", "name": "11 Good Quotes By Tony Pulis", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's what all the good players do. 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There have been good players and not-so-good players who I have moved along because I thought there would be a clash of character.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Pulis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-pulis/that-s-management-it-s-a-social-job-as-much-as-anything-else-finding/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/tony-pulis-5053_character_that-s-management-it-s-a-social-job-as-m_433752.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/tony-pulis-5053_character_that-s-management-it-s-a-social-job-as-m_433752.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/tony-pulis-5053_character_that-s-management-it-s-a-social-job-as-m_433752.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's management. 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