Graham Taylor Quotes

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• If it stays as it is I can't see it altering.
• I'd never allow myself to let myself call myself a coward.
• Footballers are no different from human beings.
• Very few great goals actually go in.
• There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."
• Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl,except, of course, for those of us who…
• People always remember the second half.
• Shearer could be at 100% fitness, but not peak fitness.
• It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.
• To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.
• In football, time and space are the same thing.
• He's a player you only miss when he's not playing
• Is he ever going to learn?
• Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.
• I have to choose my words carefully because I don't want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better…
• You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.
• In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out,…
• In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing…
• The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that…
• Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.

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