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. I have nothing to hide about that. It is not only people with disabilities. What you sow, you have to reap.

Glenn Hoddle

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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.

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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.

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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.

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When a player gets to 30, so does his body by Glenn Hoddle

When a player gets to 30, so does his body

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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.

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You can never compare two players that are different, they're nev... by Glenn Hoddle

You can never compare two players that are different, they're never going to be the same.

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I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something... by Glenn Hoddle

I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.

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He is a goal scorer, not a natural born one - not yet. That takes... by Glenn Hoddle

He is a goal scorer, not a natural born one - not yet. That takes time.

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Michael Owen could be Sir Alex's best ever buy, even though he di... by Glenn Hoddle

Michael Owen could be Sir Alex's best ever buy, even though he didn't buy him

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Everton are now hitting the ropes running. by Glenn Hoddle

Everton are now hitting the ropes running.

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I didn't say them things that I said. by Glenn Hoddle

I didn't say them things that I said.

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Arsenal haven't won anything for three years, so they're used to... by Glenn Hoddle

Arsenal haven't won anything for three years, so they're used to success

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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.

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There was nothing wrong with the performance, apart from throwing... by Glenn Hoddle

There was nothing wrong with the performance, apart from throwing away the game.

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I think in international football you have to be able to handle t... by Glenn Hoddle

I think in international football you have to be able to handle the ball.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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You have to look at things that happened in your life and ask why... by Glenn Hoddle

You have to look at things that happened in your life and ask why. It comes around.

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There's not much who would have hit him [Fabio Capello] in the ey... by Glenn Hoddle

There's not much who would have hit him [Fabio Capello] in the eye and made him put his hat on.

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