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Don't get angry; get better.
Stokes gets a straight yellow for that challenge.
He's put on weight and I've lost it, and vice versa.
It is a cup final and the one who wins it goes through
Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.
Despite the rain, it's still raining here at Old Trafford.
And there's Ray Clemence looking as cool as ever out in the cold.
They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it.
He [Beckham] has two feet, which a lot of players don't have nowadays.
If I win, I attract other good players and by doing that I win more games.
If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal.
That's a wise substitution by Terry Venables: three fresh man, three fresh legs.
To some, challenges are exhausting. To others, they are opportunities in waiting.
Placing blame on others is easy. Taking responsibility for yourself is empowering.
When you set a goal, write it down and then it's like making a promise to yourself.
Manchester United are looking to Frank Stapleton to pull some magic out of the fire.
The smartest thing is knowing that I don't know it all and that there's more to learn.
Have a vision and then create your own reality. Otherwise, someone else may create it for you.
I don't blame the players, I don't blame the parents, I blame programs and I blame the coaches.
It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.
Tradition means nothing. It's about what you do tomorrow as a football club, not what you did yesterday.
You can't have assistant coaches who aren't loyal - but you can learn a lot from your assistant coaches.
I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave decently, civilly.
If you put good people around you, I guess you're smart. You learn from them and that makes you a better coach.
What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.
Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.
Overseas, kids grow up in a soccer culture. The German player sees the game eons above the American player the same age.
Youth soccer is big business. If I don't win, it doesn't matter if I'm developing players, my business is going to hell.
Chemistry is a contribution that teammates make to each other, but it's also something a coach can create or facilitate.
In the words of the old song, it's a long time from May to December but, you know, it's an equally long time from December to May.
I don't know how smart I am, but I was a student of the game and I still watch games and still pick up things. If you watch individual players you will see genius.
Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being smart, fair enough.
I'm delighted when Scotland qualify either for the World Cup or the European Championship. I always take a vested interest in Scotland's result, and it creates the opportunity for a drink in our house when they do well.
I put myself around good people, including my assistant coaches. A lot of head coaches are intimidated by their assistant coaches, they'd rather get people that are far less talented than them because it's not threatening.
In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I guess the Scottish public needed someone to blame for their international defeats, and I fitted the bill perfectly.
I played a trial game for Reading against Brentford. Then the coach told me that they couldn't afford to take me on. So I went to see Brentford. I couldn't believe it when they signed me - they were in the league above Reading.
I get on so well with lots of Scots, and a man who had a big influence on my career and was a great mate, Johnny Paton, was Scottish. But I became a hate figure in Scotland because of my views on football. That always made me chuckle, and it still does.
I've been a director and chairman of three good, modest clubs - Coventry, Charlton and Fulham - and the abuse you get can be cruel and shameful. I've had a wonderful life and wouldn't change a moment of it professionally - except that I should never have become a director.
There was a time in my life when I was travelling to football grounds five days a week. Combined with TV work and the hours spent driving to different venues as well as watching the game, it took up an enormous chunk of my life. But I'm getting older, and those days are long gone.
In 1967, London Weekend Television asked me to head up their sports coverage. I got to work with guys like Brian Moore and Dickie Davies. We were the first ones to come up with the idea of the pundits' panel. Although, since I was one of the pundits, it's debatable how good an idea that was.
Not a lot of people know I wrote the lyrics for the Arsenal club song, 'Good Old Arsenal'. We had a competition on ITV for it, and none of the entries were any good, so I approached their manager, Bertie Mee, and asked him if he would let me have a stab. He did, and within a few weeks they were singing it at Wembley on the way to the 1971 double.
At a youth soccer game you'll probably hear parents and coaches on the sidelines yelling, 'Pass the ball! Pass the ball!' ... When we continually tell our young players to pass the ball, we're not allowing them to develop their full potential, especially those who have the ability to take their opponents on and beat them one-on-one. As a result, we run the risk of diminishing a player's artistry and potential.