Bobby Robson Quotes

We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result

Don't ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don't know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical Brazilian.

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

If you don't score you are not going to win a match.

Ray Wilkins' day will come one night

The margin is very marginal.

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.

We haven't scored which means you haven't got a chance of winning.

Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.

Home advantage gives you an advantage

There is only one word to describe football and that is 'if only'.

The first ninety minutes are the most important.

It would have been nice if both players had maybe shaken hands with each other

Don't count your eggs until the chicken's laid them.

In a year's time, he's a year older.

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.

Practice makes permanent.