74 Quotes by Bobby Robson

What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.

The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result

We've got great speed in the team, not just Gary Speed, but great speed!

Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

Practice makes permanent.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.