I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played. Alan Hansen More Quotes by Alan Hansen More Quotes From Alan Hansen You'll never win anything with kids Alan Hansen winning kids Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble. Alan Hansen air football soccer The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more. Alan Hansen rewards congratulations pressure It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. Alan Hansen perception ambition hands Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle. Alan Hansen scotland pie humble The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it! Alan Hansen stars winning boys I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels. Alan Hansen packages eight In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense. Alan Hansen brazil defense winning The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team. Alan Hansen team world needs I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent. Alan Hansen reality thinking I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go. Alan Hansen football philosophy thinking The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! Alan Hansen denmark scotland half Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong. Alan Hansen stressful realising television I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh. Alan Hansen missing football laughing He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing. Alan Hansen missing worry missing-you I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint. Alan Hansen realised wanted golf I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. Alan Hansen cups team world Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. Alan Hansen manchester doldrums cities The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. Alan Hansen euro very-strong strong I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever! Alan Hansen paisley bob records
