Alan Hansen Quotes

• You'll never win anything with kids

  Alan Hansen

  Kids, Winning

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• Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble.

  Alan Hansen

  Soccer, Football, Air

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• The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

  Alan Hansen

  Congratulations, Rewards, Pressure

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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.

  Alan Hansen

  Ambition, Hands, Perception

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• I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

  Alan Hansen

  Reality, Thinking

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• I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!

  Alan Hansen

  Records, Bob, Paisley

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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.

  Alan Hansen

  Golf, Wanted, Realised

  Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2004.

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• In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

  Alan Hansen

  Winning, Defense, Brazil

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• The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

  Alan Hansen

  Stars, Winning, Boys

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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.

  Alan Hansen

  Football, Philosophy, Thinking

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• Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle.

  Alan Hansen

  Humble, Scotland, Pie

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• The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

  Alan Hansen

  Strong, Euro, Very Strong

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• The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles!
  (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)

  Alan Hansen

  Scotland, Half, Denmark

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• Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

  Alan Hansen

  Television, Stressful, Realising

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• I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels.

  Alan Hansen

  Eight, Packages

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• I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

  Alan Hansen

  Team, Cups, World

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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.

  Alan Hansen

  Football, Laughing, Missing

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• The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

  Alan Hansen

  Team, Needs, World

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• Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

  Alan Hansen

  Cities, Doldrums, Manchester

  23 Copy quote

• He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.

  Alan Hansen

  Missing You, Worry, Missing

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