Gianfranco Zola once sent Gary Pallister the wrong way to such an extent that he needed a ticket to get back in.
I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. Football. Bloody hell.
They say he’s an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I’ve got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!
If I have my health I can carry on. There will be a point when I do quit but I have absolutely no idea when that is.
I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.
I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable. His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there. Absolutely astounding.
When an Italian tells me it’s pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.
That lad must have been born offside.
They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.
Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him. I felt such an honor to be associated with such a player.
I do believe in fate.
Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
Pippo Inzaghi was born in an offside position.
The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.
Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they’re better than us.
Go make your mistakes in the first team. You’ll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive – and always remember people’s first names.
I’m going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don’t fly. They’re the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over – so it’s teamwork.
Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.