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> [In an ideal world, the season would end, and the players would have two to three weeks by the beach. You'd have four to five weeks of preparation, and then you'd play the tournament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/in-an-ideal-world-the-season-would-end-and-the-players-would-have-two/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

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## More by Roy Hodgson

> [I enjoyed Wembley like all the managers before me, and I would hope that games would still be played there by the England national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/i-enjoyed-wembley-like-all-the-managers-before-me-and-i-would-hope/)

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> [You're as old as you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/you-re-as-old-as-you-feel/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [To be frank, you can't compare the atmosphere and the way people behaved in the Olympic Stadium with the game I watched the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/to-be-frank-you-can-t-compare-the-atmosphere-and-the-way-people/)

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> [The reality of football rests on that patch of green between 90 and 95 minutes. Whichever team is going to win has to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/the-reality-of-football-rests-on-that-patch-of-green-between-90-and/)

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> [When you have been lucky enough to move up the ladder, all you see, really, is the slide back down. You don't see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/when-you-have-been-lucky-enough-to-move-up-the-ladder-all-you-see/)

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> [There is a belief that getting any particular job may depend on who has just had five consecutive victories. If that's the way it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/there-is-a-belief-that-getting-any-particular-job-may-depend-on-who/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [I don't think you sign a four-year contract in the Premier League and then go to China at the age of 26.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/i-don-t-think-you-sign-a-four-year-contract-in-the-premier-league-and/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [I'm always disappointed when we lose, and it's happened quite a few times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/i-m-always-disappointed-when-we-lose-and-it-s-happened-quite-a-few/)

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> [There might be more meetings and situations where you're required to represent the country in some way that wouldn't necessarily happen to you if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/there-might-be-more-meetings-and-situations-where-you-re-required-to/)

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> [The Premier League is what it is. Some people will see the intensity and quality as a great advantage for your players: it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/the-premier-league-is-what-it-is-some-people-will-see-the-intensity/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [For goal-scorers and centre-forwards, confidence does play a big part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/for-goal-scorers-and-centre-forwards-confidence-does-play-a-big-part/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [I have always promised myself and my wife that when I don't enjoy it anymore, or I can't handle the stress and the pressure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/i-have-always-promised-myself-and-my-wife-that-when-i-don-t-enjoy-it/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [People are entitled to say what they feel sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/people-are-entitled-to-say-what-they-feel-sometimes/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [There aren't many English managers, I suppose, who've had the sort of career that I've had, outside the country. With the amount of money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/there-aren-t-many-english-managers-i-suppose-who-ve-had-the-sort-of/)

[Roy Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hodgson/)

> [ There's a great quote from Henry Kissinger, which I became aware of from reading \[Joseph\] Heller's Good As Gold. He said: 'Every great achievement… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hodgson/there-s-a-great-quote-from-henry-kissinger-which-i-became-aware-of/)

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