134 Quotes by Steve Nicol

The game is all about doing the basics well, then you've got a chance.

I know the 'Have a nice day' attitude gets mocked but I like America's positivity. When I go back to Scotland folk seem so miserable.

At the end of the day, you can't win games when you're letting goals in.

I left Liverpool during the 1993-94 season to join Notts County as a player-coach under Howard Kendall.

Eat like a horse? Fine, just not six bags of crisps on a matchday!

It's page one, rule one. Set piece, pick up your man.

Two of my most important signings were made at the beginning of 2004. I took 20-year-old Clint Dempsey with the eighth pick of the MLS SuperDraft and added 51-year-old ex-Arsenal striker Paul Mariner as my assistant on a free transfer from Harvard University, where he'd been coaching.

A successful team, at the very least they do the basics well, and then they add their own quality on top of that.

It doesn't get any more basic than your backline closing when there's no pressure on the ball. It really is a huge problem if you get it wrong.