Quotes by Sol Campbell - Page 2

I think the FA wished I was white. I had the credibility, performance-wise, to be captain. I was consistently in the heart of the defence and I was a club captain early on my career.
Sol Campbell /
Consistently
Credibility
Defence
Captain
Club
Wished
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My first medal, the League Cup at Tottenham, that was a very proud moment for me. Being captain, and winning. But also winning the double in my first year at Arsenal, that was special.
Sol Campbell /
Arsenal
Medal
Captain
Double
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People may think that I just want to manage in the Premier League but I'm prepared to go to a non-league club, and if they can't pay me a salary just pay me a win bonus. I'm up for that.
Sol Campbell /
Bonus
Manage
Premier League
Salary
Me People Win
Me May People
Premier
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If I don't impress you in an interview then fine, but at least give me that chance. That's all I want; to talk to a chairman or owner about my philosophy and what I can do for their team.
Sol Campbell /
Impress
Owner
Interview
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If you win, you have to get your feet straight back on the ground and grind out another win. You can enjoy the moment, but remain level-headed and always think ahead to the next challenge.
Sol Campbell /
Grind
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Yes, I was a footballer, but there's more to me than meets the eye. I've got more levels. So many levels. I'm not going away - and I'm going to keep on talking until things start changing.
Sol Campbell /
Going Away
Levels
Many Levels
Meets
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When I left Spurs I was one of the best defenders in the world and had done so much for such a long time with ultimately little reward. I practically kept the club up on my own for two years.
Sol Campbell /
Defenders
Done
Left
Long Time
My Own
Spurs
Best Time World
Club
Best Time Done
Practically
Reward
Such A Long Time
Ultimately
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Sometimes I am the 'philosophical professor, or I can do the voice like thunder if necessary... or if I want to keep the lads on their toes I might sit back and give them a thousand-yard stare.
Sol Campbell /
Philosophical
Thunder
Toes
Lads
Professor
Stare
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Fifa has lost the trust of the people. We cannot allow the architects and controllers of world football to get away with dragging the beautiful game through the grime of corruption and bribery.
Sol Campbell /
Trust
Bribery
Fifa
Allow
Architects
Dragging
We Cannot
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At the time, when I was growing up,my habits were misconstrued as laziness, not caring. But when I got out onto the pitch I actually did care about football, I just showed it in a different way.
Sol Campbell /
Caring
Football
Laziness
Not Caring
Habits
Onto
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I think in the end football wins hopefully, and people start looking at all scenarios. In the end I just want to be a manager. Forget whatever colour you are - that's the way it should be really.
Sol Campbell /
Colour
Scenarios
In The End
Wins
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Sometimes you get a team that has almost forgotten how to win. That's maybe fallen away from the standards that should be set at this level. Some are big problems, some of them are small problems.
Sol Campbell /
Big Problems
Forgotten
Standards
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A hotel is so restrictive. You haven't got your own space. Yes you get the food, yes you get everything all clean and blah, blah - but sometimes it's nice to have your own space with the your family.
Sol Campbell /
Blah
Hotel
Restrictive
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Coaching is definitely different. I've got the knowledge but it's about communicating that to others in a manner they can understand. There's an art to that and the more you practise, the better you get.
Sol Campbell /
Practise
Communicating
Manner
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It's all right to have black captains and mixed-race in the under-18s and under-21s, but not for the full national side. There is a ceiling and although no one has ever said it, I believe it's made of glass.
Sol Campbell /
Believe Black I Believe
Although
Ceiling
Glass
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I've got my own mind, and I'll talk about it, but I'm willing to listen. I'm very balanced like that. If you don't want a guy who's balanced, who wants to win, and can bring people together well... I don't know.
Sol Campbell /
Balanced
Guy
Mind
My Own
Together
Willing
Talk
Bring
Well
Wants
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I am going to fight on the pitch for Newcastle and if it comes to the stage where someone says can you fight for England then I will fight for England. But I am not going to go on about it. It is just not worth it.
Sol Campbell /
England
Newcastle
Not Worth It
Worth It
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I've got a furniture range with my wife, and I want to get into designing hotels and restaurants as well. We've got a big studio in Victoria and a showroom in Belgravia. I've always been interested in architecture.
Sol Campbell /
Architecture
Furniture
Range
Restaurants
Designing
Hotels
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I want to do some coaching, maybe a couple of days a week, and start building up slowly - find out my philosophy, how I like to play and things like that. I want to be a coach now and eventually I want to be a manager.
Sol Campbell /
Slowly
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Fifa urgently needs a fresh start and transparency is key. Moving its headquarters is the only way the association will attract new people, many of whom are likely to have long lost faith with Fifa's ability to govern.
Sol Campbell /
Association
Fifa
Fresh Start
Headquarters
Transparency
Attract
Govern
New People
Urgently
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Fifa would benefit hugely from the experience of former players from a variety of backgrounds including Africa and Asia. There aren't many senior staff who have played at the top level and the organisation needs balance.
Sol Campbell /
Asia
Backgrounds
Balance
Fifa
Former
Including
Organisation
Senior
Staff
Variety
Africa
Played
Benefit
Hugely
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Look, I'm an entrepreneur, I want to create things, I'm a builder. I don't want handouts. If I didn't play football I'd be doing something else. That's me. I don't want to be held back. I want to go forward. I want to better myself.
Sol Campbell /
Builder
Entrepreneur
Myself Football Me
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But sport is about character. It is about understanding how a team works, about pushing the team. I also wanted to do it because of where I am from as a human being. That's what London people want: thinking outside the box, new ideas.
Sol Campbell /
New Ideas
Pushing
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I became insular because at home there was no space to grow or to evolve, everything was tight and there was no room to breathe. People don't realise how that affects you as a kid. I wasn't allowed to speak, so my expression was football.
Sol Campbell /
Breathe
Affects
Insular
Tight
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Most footballers are quite tense, aren't they? So many footballers have been stitched up over the years. They've got to mind what they say, be careful about this, careful about that, because something might be misconstrued, twisted around.
Sol Campbell /
Be Careful
Careful
Tense
Twisted
Footballers
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I've done it the correct way with the coaching badges. I have done watching the games, I have done listening to managers, I have done travelling around Europe watching other managers train, I have done a bit of TV work to help with analysis.
Sol Campbell /
Analysis
Games
Managers
Correct
Travelling
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I'm a street footballer. I'm hardcore. Growing up in east London, you've got to be a little bit self-confident. As a player, I would go into detail, watch who I was playing against. Who might come into my vicinity. That gives you self-confidence.
Sol Campbell /
Hardcore
Self Confident
Vicinity
Detail
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A lack of street footballers dulls the imagination, dulls that natural thinking outside the box. You need that on the street when you're 9 and have to beat a 14-year-old on the dribble. Or if you get knocked out and have to sit on the side and come on.
Sol Campbell /
Dribble
Footballers
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I love managing characters. Characters make teams and I believe I can deal with all sorts. The most important thing is being able to pass my knowledge on to others and allowing them to flourish as individuals and as part of a team with a specific strategy.
Sol Campbell /
Allowing
Strategy
Flourish
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I have the tools to climb the mountain so I don't mind climbing mountains. I have climbed mountains since I was growing up in east London in Plaistow. I'm not scared of climbing mountains. When you get to the top, the view's great. That's what it's all about.
Sol Campbell /
Climbing
Mountain
Tools
Climb
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Look at France and Didier Deschamps; he was just a guy who just did his job but he was captain of one of France's most successful teams. Then you've got Iker Casillas; he's not into PR or things like that, but he's one of the most successful captains of Spain.
Sol Campbell /
France
Spain
Captain
Teams
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I'm a doer and I just want to do it. Whatever attitudes, prejudices, stereotypical ideas that are in front of me, I will break them. But the only way I can break them is by getting a job, and if I need to start in the gutter, I will start in the gutter and work my way up. Money isn't an issue.
Sol Campbell /
Work Money Me
Attitudes
Work Money Start
Gutter
Prejudices
Stereotypical
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