I was never, ever physically afraid. My terms of reference were basic and simple: put the ball in the net. That was my job, that's the way I saw it, and I allowed nothing and nobody to distract me from that purpose. Brian Clough More Quotes by Brian Clough More Quotes From Brian Clough We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass. Brian Clough teamgamessports I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one. Brian Clough imperfectionfootballsoccer If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well. Brian Clough wellsshouldsoccer If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right! Brian Clough argumenttwentiesplayer Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes. Brian Clough playerwinningsoccer They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job. Brian Clough motivationalinspirationalsoccer The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years. Brian Clough lovelyriversyears Saturday comes again, welcome or not, it comes again like it always does, welcome or not, wanted or not, another judgment day - The chance to be saved, the chance to be damned. Brian Clough doefootballsoccer They love me for what I'm not They hate me for what I am. Brian Clough they-hate-mehate-mehate Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius. Brian Clough leicesterjumpersgenius When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair. Brian Clough favouritegiving-upsoccer If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there. Brian Clough skyfootballfunny I gave my players a version of the same message at ten-to-three every Saturday: 'I would shoot my granny right now for three points this afternoon.' They knew how important it was to give everything in the cause of victory. Every time. That's why my granny enjoyed more lives than my cat. Brian Clough catplayergiving There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match. Brian Clough house-of-commonshousefootball Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships. Brian Clough coachingcupsleague It only takes a second to score a goal. Brian Clough scoregoal I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud. Brian Clough femininecoveredmud For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls! Brian Clough horsesoccermean If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job. Brian Clough jobsfootballsoccer Bill eventually became Mr Tottenham Hotspur, and produced such a dazzling team at White Hart Lane that they won the double and played the game in a way that was an object lesson to everybody. Brian Clough teamwhitegames
