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> [If you want to become a professional football player at any level, when you're growing up, you have to make sacrifices, and it's very difficult. It's not easy, but you have to train hard, you have to live right, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/if-you-want-to-become-a-professional-football-player-at-any-level/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

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## More by Chris Coleman

> [I won't tolerate players not giving everything they've got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/i-won-t-tolerate-players-not-giving-everything-they-ve-got/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [Football is whatever you want to play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/football-is-whatever-you-want-to-play/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [Champions League football in the Premier League - you're talking about the top, big, massive clubs, and it's not something I think I'd get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/champions-league-football-in-the-premier-league-you-re-talking-about/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [I don't like talking past the next game. It's never served me right in the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/i-don-t-like-talking-past-the-next-game-it-s-never-served-me-right-in/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [I know Roy Hodgson very well; he rarely changes tactically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/i-know-roy-hodgson-very-well-he-rarely-changes-tactically/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [Tournament football is unlike anything else. The campaign can be great, but a finals is a different challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/tournament-football-is-unlike-anything-else-the-campaign-can-be-great/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [“Life is full of surprises and exciting moments and sometimes we simply overlook them. We are so busy doing things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/life-is-full-of-surprises-and-exciting-moments-and-sometimes-we/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [I can remember when I was a 17-year-old at Swansea and Terry Yorath and Tommy Hutchison were in charge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/i-can-remember-when-i-was-a-17-year-old-at-swansea-and-terry-yorath/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [You can only ask someone of their best. That's it. If you lose, and you've given your best, that's how it goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/you-can-only-ask-someone-of-their-best-that-s-it-if-you-lose-and-you/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [At international level, I've only ever wanted Wales.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/at-international-level-i-ve-only-ever-wanted-wales/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [I thought the first Welsh team I played in was the golden generation, with Neville Southall, Mark Hughes, Ian Rush, Dean Saunders, Gary Speed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/i-thought-the-first-welsh-team-i-played-in-was-the-golden-generation/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [The biggest word in football, and it's a dirty word - no one likes to use it - is accountability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/the-biggest-word-in-football-and-it-s-a-dirty-word-no-one-likes-to/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [Don't be afraid to have dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/don-t-be-afraid-to-have-dreams/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [I think average players are able to play well now and again, or they'll play very, very well. Good players or great players, nine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/i-think-average-players-are-able-to-play-well-now-and-again-or-they/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

> [Alex McLeish will have had kittens - literally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coleman/alex-mcleish-will-have-had-kittens-literally/)

[Chris Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coleman/)

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