Alan Hansen Quotes (35 quotes)

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„I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.“
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„I had no plans once I finished my football career, which was a problem, so I had to go looking for work. Television was the one area that it was easier to get a job than anywhere else.“
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„I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.“
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„Andy Gray is a great pundit and a great co-commentator. I couldn't co-commentate for love nor money. I've tried but I just can't do it, so as an all-rounder I'd say Andy's much better than I am.“
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„I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.“
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„When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy.“
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„What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.“
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„These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.“
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„People say I'm bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I'm a bad driver.“
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„Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.“
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„Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.“
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„I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.“
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„I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.“
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„I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint.“
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„We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!“
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„Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision.“
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„It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.“
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„When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.“
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„If you're going to be wrong, be dramatically wrong.“
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„I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.“
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Alan Hansen
Author born: June 13, 1955
Nationality: Scottish
Author Profession: Athlete

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