“In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different tempo, a different dynamic. London is fast, productive, creative but it is not England. If you want to transfer that to football, you could say: in the four big English clubs and maybe in the one or two behind them there is a top level. Everything that comes after that rather mirrors English society. It's honest, fair and hard, sometimes also fast, but not always so perfect.” IfsWantTwoDifferentSometimesHardBigsCertainCan DoPerfectLevelsBehindsCreativeFourHonestFootballFairsEnglandMirrorsClubsLondonBoundariesLikesManagersSoccerProductiveChairmanTransfersTempoEnglish Society Author:Jens Lehmann
“To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked.” IfsGivingMatterHappensRunningCan DoSituationFootballJudgingBallsEnglandNo Matter WhatAttackingDefendersCan Do Something Author:Jose Mourinho
“The law of England is a very strange one; it cannot compel anyone to tell the truth. . . . But what the law can do is to give you seven years for not telling the truth.” GivingYearsLawCan DoStrangeEnglandSevenTelling The TruthSeven Years Author:Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling
“You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.” MenLooksCan DoUnitedPlayerEnglandArsenalEmmanuelMan United Author:Jamie Redknapp
“I've worked on the physical side and I think I'm a player that can do most things.” ThinkingSidesCan DoPlayerEngland Author:Jamie Redknapp
“I just want to get in the team and show all of them what I can do. (on signing for Manchester united)” WantI CanShowsCan DoUnitedTeamEnglandManchesterSigningManchester United Author:Wayne Rooney
“In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want him to die in a fiery accident. That's a quote from someone else, but there's something about American optimism, that feeling you can do anything if you're at least middle class in America. If I can have a writing career, anyone can. There's nothing special about me.” IfsWantWritingI CanFeelingsAmericaDiesNextCan DoClassCareersDoorsMiddleSpecialOptimismEnglandAccidentsNeighborMiddle ClassFieryWant HimRolls RoyceNext Door Neighbors Author:David Sedaris
“I had another idea of getting a traveling medicine wagon with a dropdown side and traveling around England. That might sound crazy to you, but over there it's so rural you can do it. Just drop down the side and play through big battery amps and mixers and it can all be as temporary or as permanent as I want it to be.” WantIdeasPlayBigsMightSoundSidesCan DoCrazyEnglandMedicinePermanentTemporaryYou Can Do ItBatteriesWagons Author:Jimmy Page
“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They're both very good things. I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you're ground down by convention. You can't think as you like and you can't act as you like. That's because it's a democratic nation. I expect America's worse.” ThinkingKnowsMayDoeTwoActionAmericaNationsCan DoEnglandGood ThingsDemocraticVery GoodFranceBotherGermanyConventionsYou ChooseThings In LifeFreedom Of ThoughtGood Things In Life Author:W. Somerset Maugham