For me, sitting there, watching them pass the ball, watching them train - you want to be around good players. Harry Redknapp More Quotes by Harry Redknapp More Quotes From Harry Redknapp If you can't pass the ball properly, a bowl of pasta's not going to make that much difference! Harry Redknapp pastaballsdifferences Scholes was playing tiki-taka football when nobody in England knew what it was. He was another of those players, like Denis Law or Bobby Moore, who at 15 probably looked as if he wouldn't make it. Too small, you would think - can't run, dumpy little ginger nut - but then the ball would come to him and he would dazzle you. He was the best footballer in that Manchester United midfield, better than Ryan Giggs and Roy Keane. Harry Redknapp playerrunningfootball We've got sports scientists who insist it's important for the lads to eat after games to refuel, even if it's 2am. I used to refuel after games at West Ham until half past three in the morning in a different way - but then I'm old school. Harry Redknapp morningsportsschool I've found myself on some days leaving home at three in the morning. I'm outside the training ground at five but they don't open up until seven. I'm just sitting there, listening to the radio. Harry Redknapp homemorningfootball Luckily they had a stupid on their side too. Harry Redknapp stupidfootballsoccer I tape over most of them with Corrie or Neighbours. Most of them are crap. They can f***ing make anyone look good. I signed Marco Boogers off a video. He was a good player but a nutter. They didn't show that on the video. Harry Redknapp playerfootballsoccer It's like being on the Titanic and seeing there's only one lifeboat left. Harry Redknapp lifeboatsfootballsoccer I left a couple of my foreigners out last week and they started talking in foreign. I knew they were saying "Blah, blah, blah, le bastard manager..." Harry Redknapp couplefootballsoccer He's disappeared to Azerbaijan, or somewhere ridiculous in the world. Harry Redknapp azerbaijanfootballworld I don't think there is any place in football for drinking. I have said on several occasions to players: You don't put diesel in a Ferrari. Harry Redknapp playerdrinkingfootball Journalist: 'Have you received any death threats?' Harry Redknapp: 'Only from the wife when I didn't do the washing up!'. Harry Redknapp journalistthreatwife I took Kanu on the Tuesday before the first game of the season because I never had any strikers. He said he hadn't kicked a ball since last season and I asked him if he'd been training. Harry Redknapp traininggamestuesday I can't keep protecting people who don't want to run about and train, who are about three stone overweight. What am I supposed to keep saying? 'Keep getting your 60, 70 grand a week but don't train'? What's the game coming to? Harry Redknapp gamesrunningfootball He is not injured. He's not fit. He's not fit to play football, unfortunately. He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did. I can't pick him. Harry Redknapp gamesrunningfootball I didn't know anything about it, I swear. Nor did Dave Bassett. We were sitting there saying 'What's happening here?'. It is frightening. A nightmare. Harry Redknapp sittingfootballsoccer I write like a two-year-old and I can't spell. Harry Redknapp two-year-oldswritingyears You come here to Anfield, you stand there and listen to that crowd, and it's the greatest sight in football. Harry Redknapp anfieldsightfootball Samassi Abou don’t speak the English too good. Harry Redknapp speak What are they going to do, shoot me? It's not war you know. Harry Redknapp footballsoccerwar When I heard the draw I was out on the golf course. I had an eight-iron in one hand and my mobile in the other. When we came out with United, my club went further than the ball. Harry Redknapp eightgolfhands
