I heard this exchange on the radio in Buenos Aires about 25 years ago. Journalist: 'Houseman, after watching you run today, it makes me wonder how many lungs you have.' Rene Houseman: 'Well, you know, I have one, like everybody else.'
At the 1982 World Cup matchup between Italy and Argentina, Claudio Gentile, (the old Italian master of defensive dirty work), completely eliminated Diego Maradona from the match by hacking him every time he got the ball and constantly beating the crap out of him. After the match, Gentile was quoted as saying: 'Football is not for ballerinas'.
Nobody has included Arena's quote after some qualifying loss...I don't remember which game or the exact wording, but I think this was it: "But give our guys credit, they never gave up. They were running around like a bunch of idiots, but they never quit. Idiots with heart." Somebody used to have this as a sig line...could they or someone else correct any mistakes I made? This is pretty close to the exact wording.
Quote by Ronald Maul, following a defeat after leading through the 89th minute! "We were already standing in front of the toilet, but still wet our pants." Christian Ziege on his position for Germany. "I am the left, more middle, defensive oriented, offensive player." Francesco Totti, when asked by a journalist what he thinks of the phrase "Carpe Diem". "What's this crap? I don't speak English!" My personal favorite, by none other than Gary Lineker. "Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins."
Southampton fan after the match rigging allegations: "I'd rather have Bruce Grobbelaar trying to lose than David Beasant trying to win"
Ray Hudson, GolTV announcer: "There'll be some lovin' tonight in the beds of Madrid!" after Real Madrid extended its lead in the last match of the season, winning the League.
Peter Schmeichel. This is a fact: you put someone on the back post on corners against and you win The Champions League final.
When kevin keegan won european player of the year Gentile said " he would not have won any award if i had been marking him "
World cup commentator...... Many players are troubled by the wind.... especially Lopez Ufarte. Fourth spot is what we're aiming for... we don't want to be second best. Phil Neville I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win. Howard Wilkinson Best of all. You can tell him now, we're still fighting for this title and he's got to go to Middlesbrough and get something. And I'll tell you, honestly, I will loove it if we beat them. Looove it.. Kevin Keegan
Ron Atkinson after a controversial loss: "Throughout my football career, I've always followed a policy of not complaining about the ref, and I'm not going to change that for this idiot."