Bobby Robson Quotes

When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that

Home advantage gives you an advantage

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.

Practice makes permanent.

If you don't score you are not going to win a match.

There is only one word to describe football and that is 'if only'.

I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.

We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game

If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won't lay any eggs in the basket

Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.

Jermaine Jenas is a fit lad. He gets from box to box in all of 90 minutes

The first ninety minutes are the most important.

Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle.

Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.

Don't ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don't know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical Brazilian.

We haven't scored which means you haven't got a chance of winning.

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result

In a year's time, he's a year older.

It would have been nice if both players had maybe shaken hands with each other

Don't count your eggs until the chicken's laid them.

Ray Wilkins' day will come one night

He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself. (on Craig Bellamy)

The margin is very marginal.