Premier League Quotes - Page 2

• When managers have got decisions to make, whether it benefits me or not, I have to be man enough to take it.

  Joe Hart

  Football, Men, League

  "City Manchester City's Joe Hart to miss out on cup final against Sunderland" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2014.

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• Some people made me out like the villain. I'm supposed to be the Bond villain, but actually I'm James Bond.

  Vincent Tan

  Football, People, League

  "Vincent Tan would consider return to blue if Cardiff City win promotion". www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2014.

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• The call to make that decision is not mine, because obviously I won't resign and I'm not a quitter.

  Andre Villas-Boas

  Football, League, Decision

  "Tottenham sack Andre Villas-Boas after 5-0 home defeat by Liverpool" by Rob Burnett, www.mirror.co.uk. December 16, 2013.

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• Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

  Glenn Hoddle

  Mean, Player, Years

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• I mean no disrespect to Scottish football, but the Premier League is the biggest stage and highest profile league of all.

  Peter Shilton

  Football, Mean, League

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• It was lucky that the linesman wasn't stood in front of me as I would have poked him with a stick to make sure he was awake.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, League, Lucky

  "Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson v Blackpool's Ian Holloway: Who is the king of quotes?". www.goal.com. January 25, 2011.

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• I have come to know well that fates are fickle in the business of English football. And I feel that I have pushed mine well past the limit.

  Randy Lerner

  Football, Fate, Past

  "Paul Lambert to have crisis talks with Aston Villa owner, Randy Lerner" by Stuart James, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2014.

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• I would not want to be the Europa League in the current format, that's for sure. Thursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League. We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs. Until that issue is addressed, no Premier League team wants to be in the Europa League. That's the reality, even if some don't want to admit it.

  Alan Pardew

  Team, Night, Reality

  Source: www.espnfc.com

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• If you look at the world-class performers at the top of the game, their numbers are just exceptional and that is the level he is at.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Games, Class

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• I did not threaten anybody in any moment and even less with a brick.

  Chico Flores

  Football, League, Bricks

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• Did we miss out on a lot of targets? No. Was it disappointing? No.

  David Moyes

  Football, League, Missing

  "David Moyes defends brinkmanship but admits Leighton Baines deal is dead" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. September 13, 2013.

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• The best player I ever played against is Thierry Henry. He was something else; i've played against Rooney and Ronaldo and players like that but i think he was the best player ever to play in the Premier League

  Jamie Carragher

  Player, Thinking, League

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• When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end.

  Gareth Bale

  Block, Team, Winning

  "Real Madrid target Gareth Bale insists Spanish football is tops - and admits he'd like to play in La Liga" by Ben Curtis, www.mirror.co.uk. July 2, 2013.

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• I'd have to say Thierry Henry. From the ages of ten to 16, watching him in the Premier League was amazing and he scored all different types of goals - free-kicks, volleys, left foot, right foot. He was entertaining. He's probably the best centre-forward, I think, to play in the Premier League.

  Wayne Rooney

  Thinking, Play, Feet

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• But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate presence for the past 12 months - where the money has gone? You know, the £30m or so in prize money that every team, even the one at the bottom of the table from August to May, automatically receives by being in the Premier League... So what happened to that money? Or put another way, why was such a meaningless fraction of it spent on recruiting new players? It's one thing not to compete; it's quite another not to even attempt to do so.

  Pete Gill

  Soccer, Football, Team

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• You have different levels of players. There's are Premier League, international and world-class levels. The world-class level is players at the peak of their career and there's only maybe 50 maximum in the whole world. Stevie moved from a Premier League player to an international player and then world class.

  Gerard Houllier

  Player, Class, Careers

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• In terms of not retiring? I don't want to leave and think to myself, "Maybe I should have stayed a bit longer". I'm dwelling on it. I have turned down a few Premier League offers. But the fact is, after being at Chelsea for so long and a year with Manchester City, I don't want to get involved in a relegation dogfight.

  Frank Lampard

  Thinking, Cities, Dwelling

  "JAMIE CARRAGHER INTERVIEWS FRANK LAMPARD: Foul-mouthed clashes, Steven Gerrard's emotional bouquet and why ex-Chelsea man still hasn't retired". Interview With Jamie Carragher, www.dailymail.co.uk. January 27, 2017.

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• Amid all the negativity at Newcastle, we achieved some great things. Finishing fifth in the Premier League with a great team was a fine effort and we also got to the quarterfinals of the Europa League and nearly got past a Benfica side that went to the final. They were great days, great nights at St James' Park and I remember them with affection. Maybe they are forgotten too quickly.

  Alan Pardew

  Team, Past, Night

  Source: www.espnfc.com

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• Imagine a pantomime directed by Quentin Tarantino, where villains are booed, heroes are blood-stained, the body-count is high, the entertainment pulsating, the language filthy and the audience screamed behind you'' as tackles hurtled in like boulders crashing down a mountain-side. Such was the epic drama that gripped the Emirates yesterday. A derby crammed with sound, fury and significance ended with everyone grasping for breath, with Arsenal regaining the high ground of the Premier League... This was the Premier League at its raw, mistake-filled, mesmerising best. Utterly compelling.

  Henry Winter

  Soccer, Football, Mistake

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• I had the chance to play for a lot of different teams in the Premier League, but I think all the choices I made were the right ones. I could name a lot - with Gremio, PSG, Barcelona, Milan, Flemengo Mineiro. I was lucky enough to score a few goals, and they were all beautiful.

  Ronaldinho

  Beautiful, Team, Thinking

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don't have enough English players: we are working very hard on it.

  Arsene Wenger

  Player, Working Very Hard, League

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• In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.

  Louis Susman

  Sports, League, Prominent

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• We want to do what is good for Cardiff and for the long-term survival, and hopefully Cardiff can be around for a long time and, God willing, be around in the Premier League.

  Vincent Tan

  Long, League, Survival

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• Messi doesn't have to do it in the Premier League to prove himself. The Champions League is the ultimate club competition. If he was in the Premier League, he'd be the best player by some distance.

  Gary Lineker

  Distance, Player, Champions League

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• I am not taking legal action against any team-mate.

  Saido Berahino

  Football, Team, League

  "Saido Berahino rules out legal action after row with James Morrison" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2014.

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