Glenn Hoddle Professions : Soccer player Born : October 27, 1957 Browse All Authors Top 50 quotes by Glenn Hoddle I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a second chance. It is a rewarding job for me, but one that also reveals many of the faults in the English game. Glenn Hoddle second-chance running jobs He was a player that hasn't had to use his legs even when he was nineteen years of age because his first two yards were in his head. Glenn Hoddle player soccer years No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well. Glenn Hoddle behind-the-scenes people world When a player gets to 30, so does his body Glenn Hoddle player doe soccer You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like that for a reason. The karma is working from another lifetime. Glenn Hoddle karma two hands You can never compare two players that are different, they're never going to be the same. Glenn Hoddle different player two I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different. Glenn Hoddle numbers soccer giving He is a goal scorer, not a natural born one - not yet. That takes time. Glenn Hoddle goal natural soccer Michael Owen could be Sir Alex's best ever buy, even though he didn't buy him Glenn Hoddle best-ever alex Everton are now hitting the ropes running. Glenn Hoddle rope hitting running I didn't say them things that I said. Glenn Hoddle said football Arsenal haven't won anything for three years, so they're used to success Glenn Hoddle used three years Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup. Glenn Hoddle player mean years There was nothing wrong with the performance, apart from throwing away the game. Glenn Hoddle throwing games football I think in international football you have to be able to handle the ball. Glenn Hoddle balls football thinking If there is any bad feeling I hope it's against me and not my players - I may put my tin helmet on without them seeing! Glenn Hoddle tin player feelings If people feel 4-4-2 is the way forward in international football, they'll have to wait until I'm out of a job. Glenn Hoddle way-forward jobs football My saddest decision in football was leaving Paul Gascoigne out of the 1998 World Cup finals. But he wasn't fit enough and once that decision is made, as a manager and a group of players, you forget about who isn't there and focus on the job. Glenn Hoddle player jobs football You have to look at things that happened in your life and ask why. It comes around. Glenn Hoddle happened asks looks There's not much who would have hit him [Fabio Capello] in the eye and made him put his hat on. Glenn Hoddle hats eye made Similar Authors Alan Mullery soccer-player Bojan Markovic soccer-player Brad Friedel soccer-player Brian Owen soccer-player Brian McDermott soccer-player Brian Clough soccer-player All Authors
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