Bobby Robson

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

— Bobby Robson

Practice makes permanent.

— Bobby Robson

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football…

— Bobby Robson

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that

— Bobby Robson

Home advantage gives you an advantage

— Bobby Robson

The margin is very marginal.

— Bobby Robson

Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.

— Bobby Robson

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

— Bobby Robson

We haven't scored which means you haven't got a chance of winning.

— Bobby Robson

Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has…

— Bobby Robson

In a year's time, he's a year older.

— Bobby Robson

Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.

— Bobby Robson

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

— Bobby Robson

The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.

— Bobby Robson

Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle.

— Bobby Robson

If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won't lay any eggs in the basket

— Bobby Robson

If you don't score you are not going to win a match.

— Bobby Robson

Don't ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don't know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical…

— Bobby Robson

When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

— Bobby Robson

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result

— Bobby Robson

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

— Bobby Robson

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

— Bobby Robson

There is only one word to describe football and that is 'if only'.

— Bobby Robson

I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short…

— Bobby Robson

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.

— Bobby Robson