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They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.

He's the equivalent of the Spanish David Beckham.

Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.

The Spaniards have been reduced to aiming aimless balls into the box.

That's not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand.

Carlton Palmer can trap the ball further than I can kick it

They've done the old-fashioned things well; they've kicked the ball, they've headed it ...

Heskey needs to punch his own weight.

Our fans have been branded with the same brush

Apart from picking the ball out of the net, he hasn't had to make a save.

They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match.

I've had this sneaking feeling throughout the game that it's there to be won.

Beckenbauer has really gambled all his eggs.

There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.

I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.

Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.

Their strength is their strength.

Well, Clive, it's all about the two Ms - movement and positioning.

Liverpool will think 'we could have won this 2-2'

We haven't had a strategic free kick all night. No one's knocked over attackers ad-lib.

They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.

Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.

Women should be in the kitchen, the discotheque and the boutique, but not in football.

At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.

I know where he should have put his flag up, and he'd have got plenty of help.
(said at Stamford Bridge)

Stoichkov's playing on the wing, in this situation he likes to come in and scalp the centre-half.

I'm afraid they've left their legs at home.

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.

Scholes and Van Nistelrooy drugged the last two defenders.

There's a few tired limbs in the blue legs.

Jari Litmanen should be made compulsory.

His head just disappeared into his shoulders.

A ten-foot keeper really should have stopped that.

He had acres of time there.

Their forward got a lucky squeeze from the defender.

They've come out at half time and gone bang.

He'll take some pleasure from that, Brian Carey. He and Steve Bull have been having it off all afternoon.

Huddersfield will want to win this one.

If you score against the Italians you deserve a goal.

He must be lightning slow.

His white boots were on fire against Arsenal, and he'll be looking for them to reproduce tonight.

The keeper was unsighted - he still didn't see it.

You know when I say that things happen in matches? Well, it just happened there.

You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.

He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word.

For me their biggest threat is when they get into the attacking part of the field.

That was Pele's strength - holding people off with his arm.

I would also think that the replay showed it to be worse than it actually was.