“Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.”
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“The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.”
“Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.”
“My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.”
“Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.”
“Winning means being unafraid to lose.”
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“We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.”
“One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.”
“I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league.”
“In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”
“We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us.”
“If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.”
“Germany are a very difficult team to play... they have eleven internationals out there today.”
“All my life I've believed in myself. And I have never given up.”
“I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.”
“Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to.”
“I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.”
“Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.”
“I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.”
“I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.”
“I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.”
“I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.”
“All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.”
“There's no in between-you're either good or bad. We were in between.”
“They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that.”
“Sandro's holding is face. You can tell from that it's a knee injury.”
“I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd”
“As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.”