Brian Clough

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the king is dead, long live the king.

well-loved or just respected, Brian Clough invented quotes and inspiration. Clough is widely-regarded as one of the most arrogant men ever.

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"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one"

"I only ever hit Roy the once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard"

"If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right"

"At last England have appointed a manager who speaks English better than the players"

"I'm sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd because that's exactly what I would have done"

"Manchester United in Brazil? I hope they all get bloody diarrhoea"

"For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls"

"I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud"

"Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius"

"I might be an old codger now and slightly past my best as a gaffer, but the FA would know they're safe with me. At least I'd keep my trousers on."

"If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there."

"The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years."

"They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job."

"When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair."

""I would crawl over broken glass on my hands and knees up the A1 to manage (Sunlin)"

Sir Alex Ferguson after being dismissed by Brian Clough
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