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11 quotes by Graham Taylor

Graham Taylor OBE (born 15 September 1944, Worksop, Nottinghamshire) is the former Chairman of Watford Football Club, having formerly been a football pundit, football manager, and player. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, as well as being manager of Watford, a club he took from the Fourth Division to the First in the space of five years, then from bottom of the second division to the Premier League in...
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Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.

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It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.

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In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just... →

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In football, time and space are the same thing.

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Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

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The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in... →

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To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

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Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.

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In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a... →

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I have to choose my words carefully because I don't want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better in my day.

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You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.

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