Quotations

"Footballers are more likely to work better if they get a pat on the back from the boss. A knife in the back is never the answer."
Lineker, Gary

"Football is my business."
Lawton, Tommy

"There is such a thing as everyday, ordinary, vulgar ecstasy; the ecstasy of anger, the ecstasy of speed at the wheel, the ecstasy of ear-splitting noise, ecstasy in the soccer stadium."
Kundera, Milan

"The unhappy individual is forever quite close to the goal and at the same time some distance from it"
Kierkegaard, Soren

"It is a foolhardy, crazy game I have entered into."
Ibsen, Henrik

"A man is created for his acts. His goal is paradise."
Ibsen, Henrik

"I never felt at home on the team"
Ibsen, Henrik

"If the game is lost, your earthly life is wasted."
Ibsen, Henrik

"Football is a game of tomorrows"
Hurst, Geoff

"I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women. Suddenly, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain it would bring."
Hornby, Nick