Quotations

"Beyond the touchline there is nothing"
Derrida, Jacques

"In seeking a goal a woman acquires that magnificent possession - the absolute"
De Beauvoir, Simone

"Football is a game you play with your brain"
Cruyff, Johan

"If God had meant football to be played in the air he would have put grass in the sky"
Clough, Brian

"Will I reach the goal, so long sought after, so long pursued?"
Cezanne, Paul

"When the seagulls follow the trawler it?s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Cantona, Eric

"All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football"
Camus, Albert

"Winning isn't everything. There should be no conceit in victory and no despair in defeat."
Busby, Matt

"There is no real substitute for a ball struck squarely and firmly."
Bragg, Billy

"The game is about glory, doing things in style."
Blanchflower, Danny