Alan Hansen Quotes

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.

You'll never win anything with kids

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

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.

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.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

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!

I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle.

I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint.

The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)

Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!

I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels.

I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.